[TriLUG] Debian vs Mandrake vs Redhat vs . . .

Jerry M. Howell II jmhowell at jmhowell.com
Mon Mar 10 21:07:50 EST 2003


Chris Hedemark said:
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> On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 08:37 PM, john broome wrote:
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>> What debian offshoots are out there?  I'd like to play with debian,
>> and if they've got an easy to install way out there to do it, i'm >
>> game.
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> Knoppix, Lindows, LibraNet, Progeny (though I think this is no longer
> maintained) and Xandros come to mind.
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Xandros is VERY easy to install and easy to use. Only thing is it's not
free. The full version is about $99 but it also comes with Crossover.
Not sure I'd run it on a server but you only have to answer about 2
or 3 questions upon install and has a gui for apt-get.

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Jerry M. Howell II





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