Re: Bug Report - Bernie's Win32Engine
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net Aug 04, 2001
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> > > BTW, RedHat - despite the marketing hype - isn't by any means > > > the 'best' Linux out there, either. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Irv > > > > Im partial to RedHat because they made it easy > > with the creation of the rpm....They deliver a quality > > package every 8 weeks and their support is most > > likely the best in the industry...although I do find > > compiling my own kernel to be significantly better > > for the particular machine I run it on. > > True, but Mandrake tends to look nicer, what is there besides Gnome and KDE? that can be setup to suit your particular taste. >have an easier > install, and better security (I am told), I currently use a modified firestarter thru ipchains that seems to be ok at blocking most of the scans I get...it also allows you to shutdown a port if its being scanned regular from any address. firestarter is a medium-medium strength *FREE* firewall. >even though it is > based on RedHat. keyword based on RH........ >Its Software Manager is really slick. I use a text based install so I dont really know about this. > > Since Mandrake was the first which recognized and > worked with all my hardware, I have stuck with it. What hardware did RH not recognise? The only problem I have ever run into was installing on my laptop which has a WinModem but fortunately there are drivers that support the majority of them now.... > > Regards, > Irv BTW, great job on the tools you wrote for linux.