LA_MERC_MadMAX
July 13th, 2003, 12:37 PM
Hey guys,
I've been starting to play around with Linux some on my desktop just to learn about how it works/directory structure/ installing drivers/packages/configuring the various built in servers, ect.
My first Linux experiance was Red Hat 7.2 and that was a little over a year ago I guess...played with it a while, and got bored with nothing to do, so went back to windows...
Since then I've tried Mandrake 8.1, which I liked, after using Red Hat 7 because it was so much easier to configure, and I could get more stuff working. Then I took another hiatus from Linux, came back and tried Red Hat 9. HATED it...I did like the Bluecurve interface, and the speed, but I could not get my Nvidia video card working w/ 3d acceleration - every time I loaded nvidia's driver, X wouldn't load. So, I most recently tried Mandrake's latest offering, 9.1. I am able to get everything to work, 3D, video playback, internet radio, ect. I'm just not fully satisfyed with the distro itself...it makes things to graphical...I think I've outgrown it.
I started messing with linux to learn how it works, in case I ever needed to work on a Linux box, but I don't think I'm going to get that from Mandrake - it's too newbie oriented.
Anybody know of a good distro I should try out? I've thought of Suse, or even giving Red Hat another try since I have been able to get 3D working in mandrake...maybe I was doing something wrong.
Anyway I'm open for suggestions. I blew Mandrake away, and rebuilt my XP MBR for now, so I'm going to take a break and enjoy just using the computer for a while...lol.
I've been starting to play around with Linux some on my desktop just to learn about how it works/directory structure/ installing drivers/packages/configuring the various built in servers, ect.
My first Linux experiance was Red Hat 7.2 and that was a little over a year ago I guess...played with it a while, and got bored with nothing to do, so went back to windows...
Since then I've tried Mandrake 8.1, which I liked, after using Red Hat 7 because it was so much easier to configure, and I could get more stuff working. Then I took another hiatus from Linux, came back and tried Red Hat 9. HATED it...I did like the Bluecurve interface, and the speed, but I could not get my Nvidia video card working w/ 3d acceleration - every time I loaded nvidia's driver, X wouldn't load. So, I most recently tried Mandrake's latest offering, 9.1. I am able to get everything to work, 3D, video playback, internet radio, ect. I'm just not fully satisfyed with the distro itself...it makes things to graphical...I think I've outgrown it.
I started messing with linux to learn how it works, in case I ever needed to work on a Linux box, but I don't think I'm going to get that from Mandrake - it's too newbie oriented.
Anybody know of a good distro I should try out? I've thought of Suse, or even giving Red Hat another try since I have been able to get 3D working in mandrake...maybe I was doing something wrong.
Anyway I'm open for suggestions. I blew Mandrake away, and rebuilt my XP MBR for now, so I'm going to take a break and enjoy just using the computer for a while...lol.