On Thursday 21 June 2001 22:10, you wrote: As a former drake user I can tell ya I had a little learning curve, but I personally feel you'd get that anyways moving from drake. SuSE is (in my opinion) aa far better and more standard linux distro. The things I had to learn were the CORRECT way to do things. Instead of relying on linuxconf to do everything for me I'm learnign to manage the system using pico now. There IS a setup guide called YAST to help make the transisition. Out of the box drake did not configure server daemons. SuSE did. My SuSE migration on both my personal box and the PDC was smooth. KDE 2 is more stable, X runs faster and SuSE even got me laid (I finished setup more quickly and for that the wife was happy). All joking aside, I preffer SuSE so much I'm giving away my brand new drake cd's... I'd be happy to help with some migration issues as you move to a much better distro. Welcome to LSB! Ambrosius
Anyone with 7.2 up & running here that could send answers to Joshua here ? Send him at isd@as.uaf.edu
Forwarded message from "Joshua J. Kugler" <isd@as.uaf.edu>
I've heard quite a bit about the merits of SuSE and was wondering what kind of learning curve would be required for someone moving from Mandrake.
- What is the layout for startup files (/etc/rc.d on Mdk)
- What is the default layout for files that are installed? Do they prefer /opt, or /usr/local, etc?
- How are the included GUI configuration utilities? I don't mind messing with text files, but on a new system, GUI config is nice. Mdk's control panel, HardDrake, etc., are REALLY nice.
- What is the preferred package? How good is the package compatability with Mdk/Redhat, etc? i.e., could I install Redhat RPMs and be OK?
- Where are config files usually stored? /etc?
- How well goes the install? Mandrake's install has gotten PRETTY smooth. With a little hand holding, I was able to install Mdk 8.0 on an P133 Compaq Armada the other day. With 16MB of RAM. :)
Any other pertinant information you feel necessary.
Thanks!
j----- k----- A very happy Mandrake user. But open to change. :)
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