Philippe Makowski wrote:

> u.masotti a écrit :
>> Seems Ubuntu tries to tangle ever the simplest thing...
>> I'll do a better search in group archives...
> IMHO, if you wanted a free distro with good support of Firebird, use
> Mandriva, if you have not good knowledge of Linux, really it is the best
> choice. And it is free as Ubuntu is free.
> Pick up Mandriva One or Mandriva free, set up repositories with their
> wizzard and you'll get all you need.

I'd second that. I have played with Ubuntu and used to use SUSE but since I
switched to Mandriva - no problems. It's a lot easier to install than Windows :)

Mandriva 2008.0 was supplied on the front cover disk of Linux format mag in
the UK this month ( or was it last month )

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