From: bud@bud.invalid.invalid   
      
   Adam wrote:   
   >   
   > I know; I gather that's about as far from Mandriva et al. as one can   
   > get within FOSS *nix.  I just wanted to emphasize that I'm open to   
   > trying something different with a learning curve, /if/ it turns out   
   > to be the best choice for me.   
   >   
   > I tend to over-research, but this way I can try out other   
   > distros/releases while keeping my current install intact so I can   
   > research any problems I'm having with any of the others. :-)  Since   
   > I have unlimited downloads (so far!), the only cost of getting other   
   > distros is time (about 4 hours for a full DVD) and the small cost of   
   > the DVDs to burn them to.  So far (while running Mandriva 2010.0),   
   > I've downloaded Mandriva 2011, Mageia 2 (official release),   
   > PCLinuxOS 2011.09, openSUSE 12.1, and out of curiosity Slackware   
   > 13.37, CrunchBang 10, and Debian 6.0.5 in progress (8 DVDs!).  I'll   
   > also check out opinions online of all of those.  Offhand, would you   
   > happen to know whether any of them prefer ext3 or ext4 for their   
   > root partitions?  Or is ext4 already pretty much standard already?   
   >   
   > Adam   
      
   Slack uses ext3 or you can use ext4. I use the former.   
   And still sticking to Slack 12.2 though I have 13.37 on   
   another disk. Happy with either.   
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   Bud   
      
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