>From Jeff Jordan on Monday, 2003-04-28 at 23:53:44 -0400: > 5. I have read the entire Mandrake site carefully and I don't see what > that has to offer over my Redhat7.3. I've spent 4 months installing > programs and getting my system just the way I want it. I can update my > kernel to that version if that is what will make the difference. I can > also recompile my kernel with whatever I need in it to make it work. I > understand the importance of being able to update the kernel, and not > too concerned about doing it. I 'seem' to have almost everything that > Mandrake 9.1 offers already on my system. Is there specifics that make > Mandrake 9.1 better suited to what I'm trying to do? And if it's kernel > related, can't I simply update? > You have such enormous hard disks that you could certainly afford to have Redhat 7.3 and Mandrake 9.1 side-by-side. Make a partition for Mandrake 9.1 and install it there. Then compare. People always talk about dual booting Windows and Linux, but remember that you can also dual-boot Linux and Linux! Conrad
