Andy Fraser <andyfraser31@hotmail.com> écrivait
news:b6s6n1-hh.ln1@news.linuxuser.org.uk:

> In comp.os.linux.setup, Jean-Baptiste Hétier uttered these immortal
> words:
>
> <snip>
>>> My favorite Linux is Debian. It is very clean
>>> and dependable, follows the FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard),
>>> and very easy to customize. You aren't locked into a GIDE
>>> (Graphical Integrated Desktop Environment). http://www.debian.org
> <snip>
>> Lot of people talk about debian... I've tried Mandrake in a VirtualPC
>> and I found it easy to install, and found it was a good 'preview' of
>> what linux is...
>
> Preview?
>
>> I'm planning to install a 'real' linux system on my Computer.
>> I may install Debian !
>
> Mandrake *is* a "real" Linux system. It just happens to have a nice,
> easy installer and a nice, easy config tool in Mandrake Control
> Centre.
>
> I suppose you could say Debian is more "hardcore" (whatever that might
> mean) because it doesn't hold your hand and requires you to learn more
> about Linux than a nice, easy config tool does but you're not forced
> to use MCC in Mandrake.
>
> You could say the same for Slackware and Gentoo as well to name two
> more "hardcore" distros. That still doesn't mean Mandrake isn't a
> "real" Linux system though.
>
> Slackware is more Unix-like and considered to be more "pure" by many
> and Gentoo is built from source code which is a lot easier than it
> sounds.
>
> I use Debian, the unstable branch, and Gentoo here.
>

sorry, that's not what I ment !
I was talking about virtual PC in my post, so that's why I talked of a
'preview'. I'm now planning to install Linux for 'real', which meant for
me : not in a VPC.
I'll certainly not criticize Mandrake since I really find it cool !
I just want to know which Linux most people use, or like using, so I can
install the same !
Sorry again !