On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 04:19:23PM +0200, Duncan Lithgow wrote: > If I've understood this thread then I'm guessing that these RHEL clones > are more stable than fedora - [...] Only more stable in the sense of less turnover -- Fedora Core itself is quite stable in the sense of "not crashing". (RHEL4 is 90% identical to Fedora Core 3.) > I'm pretty new to linux and have been > disappointed with the complexity of setting things up to run smoothly > for a recent convert from windows. Many things in Linux have a steep learning curve, but once you've mastered the basics, you'll find that it's *easier* to make Linux run smoothly. > So, while I'm downloading centos for a spin, how about some comments to > help me find a less bleeding edge linux distro... If you want to be able to set things up easily, you *want* the more bleeding-edge distros, because much of the bleeding edge these days is centered around end-user improvements. -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
