RE: [SLE] Suse vs Mandriva - Support
On 9/27/05 3:13 PM, "Michael W Cocke" <cocke@catherders.com> wrote:
FWIW, I came to SuSE from Mandrake. Their 'club' should be used to beat the Mandrake execs with. Support? What support? I don't expect things have changed that much.
Mike-
-- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. --
Were you using mandrake for a desktop or server? I guess it would matter for ease of use. (OK, maybe not for support...)
Just wondering...
Desktop. I figured if I couldn't make that work it was a bad idea to use it for a server....
The Mandrake/Mandriva distro works just fine as a server. It is Red Hat with a lot more polish. If it had Yast, it would be Suse distro. ~James
James D. Parra wrote:
On 9/27/05 3:13 PM, "Michael W Cocke" <cocke@catherders.com> wrote:
FWIW, I came to SuSE from Mandrake. Their 'club' should be used to beat the Mandrake execs with. Support? What support? I don't expect things have changed that much.
Mike-
-- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. --
Were you using mandrake for a desktop or server? I guess it would matter for ease of use. (OK, maybe not for support...)
Just wondering...
Desktop. I figured if I couldn't make that work it was a bad idea to use it for a server....
The Mandrake/Mandriva distro works just fine as a server. It is Red Hat with a lot more polish. If it had Yast, it would be Suse distro.
~James
It's no more RedHat than SuSE is. I agree if you ported YaST to Mandriva you could make them appear the same. If you are overly familiar with YaST, then the drak tools take time getting used to, but they do just as grand a job. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks
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James D. Parra
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