Redmond Linux?????

[SPB]

What is the general consenses about this Redmond dist.? I checked out the site and basically it says that its Linux for Windows "people". Does it go beyond this at all? For instance is there a built in graphical connection sharing program? Does it have any firewall capabilities. Does it support cd/rw drives. Does it have a built in dvd player? As far as I know this shouldn't be a problem but can you take certain programs from one dists. cd and install it in Redmond (liek XCDRoast). Thinking of switching from Mandrake to Redmond but want to make sure that Redmond has room to grow so to speak. Thanx ;)

[TacKat]

All of those things are not distro specific. A program that runs on Linux will run on any distro, the only question is how hard will you have to twist the distro's arm to make it work? For Redmond, I don't know the answer to that.

[sarah31]

I tried to install Redmond but I must have made a bad burn and it wouldn't start the installer properly. Redmond does not have any developer apps/packages on the base install so I think upgrading and installing is left up to what they want to give you. However, they have two other isos that have developer tools and games(?) on them and I think that you can get things done with these. Personally I wasn't impressed with the installer portion that I did get running.

I am still very much a newbie myself and I decided to make the switch from Mandrake, which I personally have little good taste left in my mouth for, to a Debian based Distro called LibraNet. It was really easy to install, I had a few post install troubles (PPPoE and my Printer) that were quickly solved via their email help list and documentation. Debian itsself is not that hard to install and is much more friendly than some would make you believe. Click my links below if you want to check out more about LibraNet or Debian.

Just my two canadian cents worth.

[Jomboni]

Redmond is supposedly a good newbie distro, in that it get's a nice, simple to use desktop running with minimal fuss.

There is one thing that bothers me... well, it doesn't bother me, since I understand the reasoning behind it, but it doesn't come with gcc. That means you can't compile any software from source and have to rely on rpms. This is good for newbies (as long as the rpms work!) but chances are, if you have enough sense to post on the board you probably won't want Redmond Linux!

[SPB]

Well,I am VERRY new to Linux, actually I have been at it off and on for 6 months but as far as I am concerned thats still VERRY new. I like the idea behind Redmond. Small, not alot of junk etc. etc.. However I do need some of that junk (like that gcc compiler you mentioned jomboni). Hense that question about wether or not I would be able to install "extra stuff" to get WHAT I NEED out of that dist.. Of course I could remove all the junk from Mandrake 8.1 (which by the way I feel is a great version of Linux) but I don't know enough to really do that or install only the things that I need and there are alot of things to sift through. What would I need in order to be able to compile and install any program I may decide to add? Well, anyways I like that Redmond starts you off with the verry basics but I deffinately need to be able to add things to it. So what be the word? Should I do it or stick with Mandrake? Thanx :)

[Deelow]

I also am very much a Linux newbie. I installed Redmond Linux a couple of days ago and with the limited time I've used it, I like it. Like sarah31 said, they have an iso that you can use to install gcc, KDevelop, etc. Also, it comes only with KDE for a window manager or whatever, so if you need Gnome or the gnome libraries for anything you'll have to download and install them yourself. They have a nice forum at www.linuxsoftworks.org (http://www.linuxsoftworks.org) and a news server at news.linuxsoftworks.org.

Later.