[CS-FSLUG] Nathan

[Chris Brault]

Well,

> "stick with one distribution and make it work".

We call this the Fedora Core syndrone.

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> Fedora Core had messed up the KDE menu and left out
> some of the 
> applications that I wouldn't want to use Linux
> without.

Obviously, you haven't used the master of tools,
synapic, with the repositories of doom!!!
Muahahahaahahahaha!  Actually, I'd wait for FC 2,
which comes standard with alot of cool stuff,
including the 2.6 kernel and cool admin tools.

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> I was very comfortable with Mandrake Linux, I used
> Linux all the time 
> with Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1 but as soon as 9.2 came
> out I couldn't use it 
> any more because it wouldn't properly work with
> mount points, I thought 
> I had a reliable system until I upgraded to 9.2 and
> was faced with the 
> need to find a new distribution.

I write my own config tools. Why? Because it is fun to
program on Linux.

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> I've had a graphical user interface 
> for the majority of the work and a command line for
> some programs and for compiling my own programs. 

That sounds about right!

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> whats frustrating me is that 
> everyone seems to be telling me that I can't try any
> distribution, I have to stick with the first one I 
> run into and "make it work". The other think thats 
> pushing me away from Linux are the other users in 
> the IRC channels, for example the people in the SUSE

> channel on freenode 

Actually, the correct advice is to hack a distro to
death! ;P Once you learn one, then the next one is easier.


	
		
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