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I just started using linux, and i tried mandrake, a couple days later i decided to get red hat, i dont find it any less "user friendly", but i find it to have more options and configurability than mandrake.
That's quite true, it does indeed. However,
some newbies just might find that a bit daunting at first. Another thing is Red's software manager. It's just a graphical front end for rpm. As such, it will simply exit on error if you run into package dependency problems, leaving you to go hunting for the necessary packages. (The same thing will happen if you run rpm from the command line.) 'Drake's software manager, OTOH, will tell you if there are dependency problems, what install CD has the necessary packages, and even kick out the current CD so you may put the other CD(s) on the tray. It does the hunting for you. This is better for the newbie, and is somewhat more convenient for the veteran as well. If it doesn't bother you, then more power to you
Red is an
excellent distro. It's just that I am a bit hesitant to recommend it to the Linux virgin.
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