View Poll Results: Win XP SP2: Problems?

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  • no problems

    8 61.54%
  • small problems

    3 23.08%
  • big problems, but solvable

    1 7.69%
  • big problems, could not use/install

    1 7.69%
  • had to rebuild system

    0 0%
  • Forget it!

    0 0%
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Thread: Linux Distro's Which?

  1. #11
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    Another Slackware guy here.

    It was my first distro, and I'm glad I chose it for my first. Since there are no fancy GUI tools, I was forced to read man pages and configure things the old fashioned way. Which means I learned a lot pertty quickly.

    Now that I feel like I know the basics pretty well, I think I'll go for Gentoo or maybe one of the BSD's.

  2. #12
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    I wouldn't be Shrekkie if I wouldn't say :

    GENTOO !!

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  3. #13
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    use lilo for your boot l oader.

  4. #14
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    Well crap you only gave me the opportunity to pick one. I have two Hdd in this box and slack and xp on one and suse and 98 on the other. So make it sulack for numero uno then.

    cheers
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  5. #15
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    slackware, suse, redhat, fc2, freebsd, openbsd, xp home and pro.. All being used on different machines along with dual booting. Used both lilo and grub, really don't have a preferance. And I just got my free 3 dvd set from suse, so I will be trying the different apps and os's included.

  6. #16
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    Originally posted here by CybertecOne
    well since im quite comfortable in a RH environment.... would you still recommend going to madrake??

    and what about preference of boot loaders, seeing as i WILL have windows and quite possibly a diff linux.. say, slackware and RH with XP. each on their own parition. (same drive though)

    Your only choice is slackware or *bsd, gag rules for dual/tri/quad....up to 9 booting http://gag.sourceforge.net/
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  7. #17
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    SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE
    SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE SLACKWARE!!!!!!!

    Now that I've finished screaming, I feel that using Slackware or Gentoo is a great learning experience. If you want to use Linux as a plug and play replacement for Windows, SuSe or Mandrake is a good choice. However, if you really want to learn the Linux OS, Slack or Gentoo is the way to go.

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  8. #18
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    thanks guys, youve swayed me over towards slackware to i might have to look into it

    Cheers
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  9. #19
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    One thing I'd like to add, if you're going to get Slackware, be sure to check out Dropline Gnome

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