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Alucard90:
Fedora Core ive heard has alot of trouble working right with video drivers, sound, etc. Mandrake is good alot of packages but its on 4 cds :-\
slackware does have a really good installer except its not one of the prettiest but easy to understand and only 2 cds. they also have a LiveCD version of slack
NoBonus:
Slackware seems appealing, but what should I run KDE, Gnome, or X window system?
Here are my package choices: Where should I start?
A - The base system. Contains enough software to get up and running and have a text editor and basic communications programs.
AP - Various applications that do not require the X Window System.
D - Program development tools. Compilers, debuggers, interpreters, and man pages. It's all here.
DES - Includes the GNU libc crypt() function.
E - GNU Emacs. Yes, Emacs is so big it requires its own series.
F - FAQs, HOWTOs, and other miscellaneous documentation.
GTK - The GNOME desktop environment, GTK widget library, and the GIMP.
K - The source code for the Linux kernel.
KDE - The K Desktop Environment. An X environment which shares a lot of look-and-feel features with the MacOS and Windows. The Qt widget library is also in this series, as KDE requires it to function.
N - Networking programs. Daemons, mail programs, telnet, news readers, and so on.
T - teTeX document formatting system.
TCL - The Tool Command Language, Tk, TclX, and TkDesk.
U - Contains packages for programs designed specifically for and that will only run on UltraSPARC systems.
X - The base X Window System.
XAP - X applications that are not part of a major desktop environment. For example Ghostscript and Netscape.
XD - X11 program development. Libraries, server link kit, and PEX support.
XV - XView libraries, the OpenLook Virtual and Non-Virtual window managers, and various other XView applications.
Y - Games (the BSD games collection, Sasteroids, Koules, and Lizards).
NoBonus:
Or do I just use the two .iso install cds? AAAAAA newbie confusion!!!
Alucard90:
get the cds those just tell you what are on them. youll definatly need X to work any graphical window system and i'd reccommend KDE much easier and windows like compared to GNOME. or you can just go with the Live CD distro versian
NoBonus:
Where do I find the Live CD install? I cannot seem to find any reference to it on the Slackware site.
Thanks,
NoBOnus
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