Mandrake or Fedora?

[mark]

CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:

> At 23:18 13/01/2004 -0500, mark wrote:
>
>> I likewise had Mandrake,
>
>
> For how long?
>
>> and wasn't that impressed.
>
>
> What was unimpressive about it?
>
>> I switched to Mepis, which I like (the apt-get utility is amazing!).  
>> Like Fedora, Mepis is free.  I have not tried Fedora, but I hear good 
>> things about it.
>
>
> Mepis does indeed look mildly interesting but it is hardly a 
> replacement for more established distros like Red Hat, Mandrake, or 
> SuSE. I have downloaded and will take a look but I have to wonder why 
> the world needs Mepis. I guess I will find out.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clifford Ilkay
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Hmm, I'm actually sorry I said anything on this thread. . .the asinine 
flag-waving patriotism that some feel toward certain linux distrubutions 
is something I'd rather not take part in.  I tried a few (SuSE, 
Mandrake) and currently settled on Mepis.  They're not significantly 
different. 

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