Fedora 3 or Mandrake 10.1

tammagicman · #1 9th November 2004, 01:52 PM

Hi,
I usually use Mandrake at home becuase it was always easy to get additional apps such as mp3 players, codecs for mplayer etc etc, ripping DVDs and generally good for a home user.
However, I wish to have the same functionality but start doing some more series work such as configure the linux server for smtp mail for my home network.

Should I install Fedora 3?

Will I also find it easier to play about with clustering (OpenSSI) using FC3 than using Mandrake?

Tru · #2 9th November 2004, 03:13 PM

Well I have never used mandrake, but I have used SUSE 9 and 9.1 Pro and have switched to Fedora because there are more pkgs available because it is Red hat based also it is free. Also with it including Yum it is really easy to install more apps like mp3 player or whatever you want for that matter its just a simple command " yum install packagename " I think if you try it you will be very pleased and will probably switch over.

There is really only one way for you to know for sure and thats to try it. Also I have never seen a forum for any distro like this one there is a great community of people to help you and the user base is huge so there is lots of wonderful input from around the world.

tammagicman · #3 9th November 2004, 03:29 PM

Ok, I have been persuaded.
It is always good to switch from time to time anyway to keep up to date with distros.
Thanks.

reddragon72 · #4 9th November 2004, 03:45 PM

I have the same delima. I have to use XP at work so a nice change at home was to go with Linux. I'm now into my third week of XP free and it's been fun and misirable so far. I have Debian Sarge up and running at home, I started with Linspire(for three days) then went to Debian and it's been running good ever since. I just want a newer setup and since redhate sponsers Fedora it sounded like a good idea, but Mandrake is VERY popular as well, so it's a toss up. I' currently downloading the DVD of each 10.1 final and FC3 so I can see which really catches my eye more. But Fedora is still got the lead simply because of the Redhat link.

zAo · #5 9th November 2004, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by reddragon72

I have the same delima. I have to use XP at work so a nice change at home was to go with Linux. I'm now into my third week of XP free and it's been fun and misirable so far. I have Debian Sarge up and running at home, I started with Linspire(for three days) then went to Debian and it's been running good ever since. I just want a newer setup and since redhate sponsers Fedora it sounded like a good idea, but Mandrake is VERY popular as well, so it's a toss up. I' currently downloading the DVD of each 10.1 final and FC3 so I can see which really catches my eye more. But Fedora is still got the lead simply because of the Redhat link.

I use both Debian and FC3, but I donnot see why Debian should be older or something. Just add a testing apt-source en upgrade.

Or do you mean the old XFree configuration in Debian Sarge?

Tru · #6 9th November 2004, 04:57 PM

I dont think you will regret it. I recently threw SUSE 9.1 back on and that lasted a couple days, yes suse is nice, but fedora I like more because getting and installing packages is easier and I can find anything I want in a rpm for fedora/redhat. I cant say the same for suse.

reddragon72 · #7 9th November 2004, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by zAo

I use both Debian and FC3, but I donnot see why Debian should be older or something. Just add a testing apt-source en upgrade.

Or do you mean the old XFree configuration in Debian Sarge?

Yea its the Xfree stuff, everywhere I look it talks about Versions higher than I can get via apt. And I have the testing on apt it's just that there are allot of items that have been updated several times, but only the older stuff is availible through apt. Wine I figured should have been updated to apt by now to the 20041019 release but it's still back on the 20040617 releace which isn't horrable, but it just seems to take allot longer to get it for debian, and compiling and getting other programs( I forgot the name of these) that are required and compiling them because the newer versions are not on apt can be a real mess. Apt does make things nice and easy, but only for what it offers, which is usually two or three hard releases back. I like Debian and all, but I really want more software for the choosing. And for those that read it stay away from Linspire, it traps you into the Linspire web install stuff, and if you setup apt-get then the web stuff will crash and the whole system becomes unstable, it's a certifiable nightmare. Linspire is what you setup your parents on if they want a new OS, other than windows, so they can point and click there way to new programs, it's a nice system for that.

Knappen · #8 9th November 2004, 11:54 PM

If you want a Debian based distro that is more up to date, try Ubuntu. Works like a charm!

cscheng · #9 10th November 2004, 06:30 AM

Imo, Fedora doesnt give you such a wonderful out-of-the-box experience. There are some many things you have to configure before you can use it properly. Mandrake offers great configuration tools and I remember I was suprised by the power of Linux in general. It was my first distro (actually, RHL9 was, but I screwed that one up...) and I was very happy with it. But since I've been using Fedora, I've learned more about Linux. But it's your decision, just try both and compare

JordanN · #10 10th November 2004, 07:12 AM

Mandrake 9 was my first real attempt at Linux. I had installed Suse 7.1 on my system a while before that, but the install was not friendly to absolute beginners like me, and my system wasn't really up to the specs.

Meanwhile, after I had grown to love Mandrale 9, my father discovered FC1. I played with it awhile, and FC2 came out shortly before Mandrake 10 (if I remember correctly). Anyways, we took the time to try to download Mandrake 10, and, even though we were Supporting Members of their community, we still managed to get the stupid download edition. I attempted the the install, and botched it badly. That, and the annoyance of purposely-missing drivers drove me to finally make the switch the Fedora. I have been happy since.

imdeemvp · #11 10th November 2004, 08:36 AM

I tried mandrake, slackware, college linux, redhat 8,9 and fedora. I admit that rh is my first love. Mandrake was no hassle for me because everything worked great. But I preferred xorg over XFree86. I think it has better support for my nvidia card.

reddragon72 · #12 10th November 2004, 04:13 PM

Well I have the DVD's of both Fedora 3 and Mandrake 10.1 official now and will try them later on tonight, but I have one odd little Q. What is the defferance between the two fedora's? there is a normal and a S---- somthing or another. Remember I am new, and I did look around but there was no info on this. I did not see this type of download in Mandrake or Debian so it's a new one to me. Thanks

Tru · #13 10th November 2004, 04:34 PM

You are probably talking about the SRPM's that isnt the one you want to download. If you just want the ISO's to boot and install off get the one called Fedora core3 disc 1 etc...

Pegasus · #14 10th November 2004, 06:11 PM

since today, i worked with mandrake. The reason for this is explained in thread "Its good to be back^^".

Meanwhile i used Mandrake for a stabel system to work with.
Today, i installed fedora again. All problems of the past (FC2) are gone. From my point of view, there is no need for MDK any longer...

jgionet · #15 10th November 2004, 06:26 PM

I've tried both and loved both.. however Fedora just has that's extra special "thing" where I feel more at ease using it.. Core 3 was the first time I tried it.. (used Redhat 9 months ago) and I'm very happy with it.. only 1 prob.. can't get my sound to work!!