Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 18th Sep 2005 21:15 UTC
You're ready to be a card-carrying Linux geek, but with several different Linux distributions available, you don't know where to start. Which one offers the best balance of tools, performance, and price? Bryan Hoff takes you through the most popular Linux distros and introduces you to a brave new world without Windows.
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RE[2]: Don't want to start anything..
by on Mon 19th Sep 2005 02:51
in reply to "RE: Don't want to start anything.."
Member since:Are you sure it is ready? I tried Beta 4 and ran screaming back to 9.3. I couldn't resist. I have a Dell Latitude 600 that is tweaked on 9.3 and running perfectly.
Perhaps RC1 is a lot more polished than Beta4, but maybe there's not a huge difference. I haven't had any problems so far though. I'm just so excited by it because it is the only distribution that works almost 100% correctly on my laptop (Compaq R4025CA). I've tried almost every other major distro and they all required massive tweaking to get remotely usable.
So for me its a hardware thing. Of course if 9.3 works for you then waiting for the final release would be the right thing to to 
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Are you sure it is ready? I tried Beta 4 and ran screaming back to 9.3. I couldn't resist. I have a Dell Latitude 600 that is tweaked on 9.3 and running perfectly.
Shouldn't we wait for the final release? Don't tempt me to do it again! :-)