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Which distribution



Hello,

Let me start by stating that I do not want to start a flame war here,
arguing which distribution is better. Instead, I am looking for
opinions and backed up answers. I have bought a new Athlon computer
and I am not sure which distribution should I install - RedHat 6.1
(or 6.2 for that matter) or Mandrake 7.0 (I have outrulled the rest
of the existing distributions out of various reasons).

These are the factors that I find most important in the distribution
I am looking for:

1. basic security of the distribution, default security settings
   and so forth. For example, I know that Mandrake let's you choose
   the security level of the of the OS during installation.

2. How fast does the manufacturer issues patches to security expolits
   from the moment they have become publicly known.

3. This is specific to Mandrake - I know that Mandrake optimize their
   packages for Pentium (they claim up to 30% speed ups). Will these
   optimized packages cause any problems when executed on an AMD
   Athlon cpu?


Thanks in advance,
Yosi
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