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what distros have what advantages?
lazygamer:
Oh goody, another fighter for teh n00b Linux distro.
Ok Mandrake VS Lycoris?
Let's make this easier, the categories are:
Hardware compatibility
Direct software compatibility(running some non-Linux shit without an emulator)
Emulated Windows/DOS software compatibility
Non-gaming performance(Such as websurfing and the neat Windows-ish GUI not moving slow like the Windows GUI)
Direct Linux gaming performance(not using an emulator, which distro gets higher framerates on games. Half-life Linux is one such example)
Emulated Windows/DOS performance(What one runs emulators better?)
ADSL modem compatibility(Does either one have problems?)
User friendlyness(Which one is more user friendly)
Customizability
Ease of Install
Mid range system performance(433 celeron is a mid-range system. Not modern enough for stuff like RTCW, not old enough to be a joke power wise)
Refalm:
A friend has Desktop/LX installed...
He doesn't even know the difference between a modem and an ethernetcard and still, he can install it.
He has problems with his ADSL account, because Desktop/LX doesn't create the right script needed for ADSL. On the Lycoris website, there is a tutorial about the ADSL things.
I send him an e-mail with explanation and so on, but I don't think he even knows what the command prompt is.
I think Mandrake will create the right script for ADSL, because I read something about that on the Lycoris forum.
[ June 24, 2002: Message edited by: Refalm ]
lazygamer:
Hmmm well... Mandrake may be better then. Yet still, there's a "script tutorial". Anything else that one OS has over the other?
lazygamer:
How do I decide? Well let's check the websites. Mandrake seems n00b friendly and Lycoris seems REALLY windows-ish(minus all the stupid stuff about windows). What wins out? Well I have enough confidence in being a higher tier of Linux n00bishness so Mandrake it is.
Now then, to backup these harddrives...
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