Xandros

[Robert E.Raymond]

On Monday 21 April 2003 10:15 pm, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:51:32 -0400 Harry G <hg57 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > After going around and around on the RPM merry go round trying to get the
> > latest Evolution running, I have decided to do the mature thing and try a
> > Debian distro.  (I am joking about the mature thing, not trying Debian).
> >
> > I really don't have time to learn the ins and outs of Debian, so I was
> > loking at Xandros.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience with it?  Is it stable?
> >
> > I have been using Suse for the past 2 years.  It is a great distro,
> > but......
>
> If it's evolution you want and you're willing to change distributions to
> get it... You really should give Gentoo a whirl... Without too much sweat,
> you can build a linux box any way you want it... About the only real
> necessay hardware requirement is a broadband connection for downloading
> (emerging) source packages.

Even broadband isn't necessary.. I'm gentooing along on 28.8k just fine, tho I 
tend to use CVS versions and patch my kernel separately from emerge to save 
on download time.  I'd say more important is that you either have a fast box 
or don't mind waiting forever for everything to install (i.e. evolution)


				Bob Raymond

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