Re: Red Hat Linux end-of-life update and transition planning (fwd)

[KoReE <koree@ameth.org>]

My issue is not from a usage standpoint.  I've done everything from
Slackware, to SuSE, to Caldera, to Redhat.  My issue is with the desktop
environment.  I can handle setting up even the most difficult of
distributions.  My issue is more about ease of setup, and default
configuration.  I just don't know how far advanced the other distros are
now, and which ones do/don't suck.  For my home environment, I prefer
something that takes little thought to set up, and has a nice, slick
desktop.  And, I'd prefer something that uses RPMs.  While I know how to
handle source, I just don't like to do it except on servers :D

This affects the company I work for a great deal.  We have in the
neighborhood of 15,000 Redhat servers.  That's a fairly large EOL
migration...

Koree

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Koree A. Smith  | Ameth Technologies
koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
     http://www.koree.net/

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Travis Owens wrote:

> Koree,
>
> I'm not going to answer your question directly, because I can't w/o some
> more info.
>
> Having used many distros, and many different desktop setups on these
> distros, each distro is a little different, and you need to figure out
> what you're going to do with your setup before you pick the distro you
> want.
>
> If you want a solid desktop, designed around the end user and *NOT* an
> admin or serious programmer, you would do well to look at Xandros, or
> Lycoris, or (gulp) even Lindows.
>
> If you're a programmer and really don't need a ton of fluff, and would
> much prefer a stable box or a streamlined approach, you'd probably favor
> the Gentoo or regular Debian distros.
>
> If you're a network admin and like a lot of tools and extra stuff, you
> would probably favor the SUSE distro and perhaps the Libranet distro.
>
> Obviously, this is a very serious change, considering by your previous
> comments, you've been with RH for a *long* time. You'll have to
> "unlearn" your linux knowledge, and re-learn it in another fashion (not
> every command, but basic distro specific concepts)
>
> If you need help in SUSE, I can school you pretty well, and fairly good
> with Debian based distros. Not so hot on Gentoo, (primarily b/c I've not
> had time to try it seriously)
>
> Best advice, find someone physically that's using another distro and use
> that if possible. They'll be able to help you out on specifics. Makes
> the transition a lot easier!
>
> HTH,
> Travis.
>
>
> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 01:22, Koree A. Smith wrote:
> > Didn't know if you guys had seen this.  Didn't see it on the list
> > anywhere....
> >
> > Anyone have an idea of where I should move for my desktop linux?  I
> > haven't really messed with other distros for quite a while.
> >
>
> --
> Travis Owens <openbook@linuxmds.com>
>
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