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Re: Which distribution
Hi Yosi,
Yosi wrote:
>
> 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.
Mandrake in this issue is "better" then Redhat. Why "better"? cause what
you do automatically with Mandrake, you can do manually with Redhat.
>
> 2. How fast does the manufacturer issues patches to security expolits
> from the moment they have become publicly known.
This one shouldn't be matter to you. If you install Mandrake and Redhat
issues a security fix - You can safely install the RPM from Redhat on
your mandrake. I tried that and it worked.
>
> 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?
Don't think you will enjoy the speed enhancment - unless you want to
compile manually every package with the latest GCC (which I'm not sure
it got any optimizations for K7)
Thanks
Hetz
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Yosi
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