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Re: Linux boxes.
On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, PuPPy wrote:
> This is my first post to the mailing list, so excuse my humble(stupid)
> questions.
We will, ofcourse, however it won't keep Marc from forming his (our) normal
'welcome new flamee' flame reaction... (Marc???)
>
> I installed slackware 3 monuths ago, and I hear so much about red-hat,
> open/free-bsd etc.
> I am kind'a linux newbie, but before I Start working out and coding under
> linux env. I would like to know which box is better, and WHY.
First of all, it is called 'linux distribution', not 'box'... and second,
I wouldn't want to start here a new distributions-war, but I think that the
most current updated and heavily cherished is RedHat 4. However, very soon
the new debian (to come) will defeat it...
>
> Another issue I find rather importent, is partioning my [Personal] Linux.
> I have 3 linux partitions:
> 1st)250MB mounted as root.
> 2nd)16MB mounted as swap
> 3rd)100MB I mounted in /mnt
??? /mnt is usually a mount place for temporary mountings or for special
dos,nfs or whatever, What exactly are you mouning under it? and why?
> Many people were mailing the group saying that you should have a seperate
> partition for /usr.
It's not advised for a single user machine.
> How much is enough?
> Can I move all /usr to my 100MB partition and mount it as /usr(I can add
> more space, I am not limited to 100MB)?
What's the problem? simply do it.
> And ofcurse, before making major changes, I would like to know if I should
> or should'nt install a new "Linux" Box.
>
> Sorry for being a newbie(But everybody goes through that, don't they?)
Aha.
>
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