os choice (was RE: [ng-spice-devel] Approaching rework 14)


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From mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu
Date Thu, 25 Jan 2001 17:10:49 -0500 (EST)
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On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Mauro Tortonesi wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Paolo Nenzi wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, even if I hate myself to write this: try using a RedHat
> > distribution, it is very easy to install and you can obtain a 
> > decent config in a couple of days (they resolved the BS/DEL 
> > problem years ago). I use debian and live well with it, but it's a lot
> > harder to install a debian than a red hat.
> 
> if i can give a suggestion, linux mandrake is even easier and is the best
> distro for beginners. for some aspects it's easier than windows. you'll
> love it:
> 
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com
> 
> anyway, if you'll use redhat, DO NOT use 7.0. it's too buggy.


and yet another suggestion....  Try NetBSD, it runs on almost everything.
I've used on a ton of different machines (intel pc's, sparc, power mac,
old m68k mac, dec stations (mips), vax, alpha's).  http://www.netbsd.org

and compiling ng-spice on it is super easy.
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/cad/ng-spice/README.html


-Dan



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