Re: [LUG] Wanting to really put an effort to learn Linux properl

[John Horne <J.Horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08-Jan-2002 at 10:57:53 Steve Marvell wrote:
> I'll stand up and say "Redhat for newbies, Debian for pros".
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

In what way for pros rather than redhat, mandrake, etc?

> Am I right in thinking that Mandrake is an optimised Redhat?
I would not have said 'optimised'. As far as I remember Mandrake was created
basically as redhat linux with the KDE X window system as the default
user interface. It also had a simpler installation procedure. In that
respect it was easier for users/newbies to install and go...:-)



John.

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