[MLB-WIRELESS] which *nix?

[Tyson.Clugg at csiro.au]

Err... Matt?

Every distro Clae mentioned only work on Apple computers, not x86.  You
suggested SuSE and Debian (available for both Mac and x86), of which I
prefer Debian due to it's packaging system and support for many platforms.

However, I am at a loss as to why you suggested Mandrake.  As I understand,
Mandrake is for Pentium class PC's and above only - or am I mistaken?

On the other hand, it may be possible that Clae is joining the dark side and
intends on running sans Apple... gasp!

In either case, could someone kindly set things straight?

Regards,
Tyson.
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From: Matt Chipman [mailto:mkchipman at optushome.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2002 8:23 AM
> To: Clae; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] which *nix?
> 
> 
> You will start an OS war for sure :)
> 
> From my experience, if you want a GUI/workstation/server go 
> for SUSE, it is
> probably one of (if not the) most popular amongst the GUI's
> 
> If you want console only, i would suggest Debian, it is the easiest to
> maintain once setup.  The GUI side of Debian can be difficult 
> to get right
> if you have weird hardware.
> 
> Mandrake is another good GUI which gets good reviews.
> 
> Cant comment on the others, never used them.
> 
> cheers
> 
> -Matt
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clae" <clae at tpg.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 1:48 AM
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] which *nix?
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > looks like i'll finally be able to put aside the resources for a
> > dedicated unix box.  So, without starting a distro war, what are the
> > arguments for and against each of these?
> >
> > Debian PPC
> > YellowDog Linux
> > NetBSD PPC
> > OpenBSD PPC
> > SuSE Linux
> >
> > Considering I want a fairly painless install, access to fancy
> > wireless stuff, and a good environment to learn all about 
> unix, teach
> > myself Python and other dev stuff.
> >
> > Or do I just go ahead and install OS-X, which I understand uses
> > NetBSD as its core?
> >
> > --
> > David Clae Gason
> > Secretary, Melbourne Wireless
> > mailto:secretary at wireless.org.au
> > http://wireless.org.au
> >
> > i hate anarchists. i think there should be a law against them  -tahl
> >
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