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waxing:
im looking for a distro that doesnt try to imitate windows or make everything so easy you'll wet your self...currently im using redhat8 as nice as it runs i cant stand looking at it anymore...annoying..ive been using linux now for about 4 or more years (im still not an expert but defiently a beginer) and tried a shit load of distros
so im wondering if anyone could recomend one that isnt a bitch to install (gentoo) and uses the default everything for both gnome and kde...any ideas

waxing...

jtpenrod:
You don't have to ditch Red. Why not just change the current theme to something else? There are also other desktops: KDE, GNOME, IceWM, Blackbox, etc. Or change themes on your current desktop. It doesn't take much to make it look however you want.
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Interscope:
I'd say get Slackware. The installation is no big deal. I've installed it and all i've ever used is Mandrake and Red Hat.

Calum:
but does slackware lock you out of using rpms? or can you just install rpm on a slackware system?

preacher:

quote:Originally posted by Interscope:
I'd say get Slackware. The installation is no big deal. I've installed it and all i've ever used is Mandrake and Red Hat.
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Im going to back you up and say that slackware is a great distro. Its a lot faster than mandrake, but it still has the linux 'feel'. The install is text based, and the hardest part which really isnt a big deal to someone who already uses linux, is setting up partitions.

Now if you really want to get away from that safe linux feeling, step into something different and try FreeBSD.

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