Anyone tried JAMD-Linux?

[DanGrease]

Hello
I have discovered an other distro around called JAMD which looks promising. I am currentlyu downloading it and I just want to know if someone has had experienced with it. The bad part of this story is that I love both Redhat and Mandrake since they are both great. Redhat has somethings Mandrake doesnt and vice versa and I just want a distro that has all I want all packed in one. I really want to try new distros and see if I can find the right one for me, but it just seems impossible for me to imagine using a distro that isnt based on .rpm's since I am a total newbie in the Linux world. The style in this distro looks great and it is based on Redhat. I am currently waiting for mandrake 9.2 though Does anyone know when its due?
Thanks for listening

dan

[lynchmob]

Mandrake 9.2
Looks like the end of the month.
lynch

[DanGrease]

Thanks for the information
What will it contain that would differ it from Mandrake 9.1?
I am really eager and excited to get to see how this release will be, hope its due on the date they planned.

dan

[lynchmob]

I've installed rc2 on a test box and other than coming with the 2.4.22 kernel I havent seen alot of differences but I havent used it much either.
lynch

[Kamel]

ah, don't worry about not using rpm's, it's easy as can be.

all you have to do to install a program from the source is this:

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
cd filename
make;make deps;make install

shell scripts are even easier, just type ./filename.sh -- or if you aren't able to, you can just do sh filename.sh -- nothing hard about that at all .

remember u wont ever become a linux "expert" until you break out of ur box and try new things :P

[lynchmob]

I'm posting this from the Mepis Linux live/install CD I downloaded today.Set up everything from my scroll mouse to my nic.It's pretty nice and uses Debian packages.Check it out,Dan.
I install .tgzs like this:
./configure
make
(as root)make installl
lynch

[DanGrease]

Thanks
As for trying non .rpm distros, I am willing to do so but I am in the doubt since I have had difficulties installing packages such like these ones in other distros, for example the Nvidia driver in Mandrake. Although I made it through it took a whole day but it was fun and I learned a lot. I am interested in Debian, Konppix, and Slackware but I am not sure yet. I am hoping that Mandrake 9.2 supports my audio card (Creative Sound Blaster Live) since Mandrake 9.1 didnt. Is there any beta around that is legal to download and check it out of Mandrake 9.2? I would give it a try and see if its worth my time

dan

[lynchmob]

You can choose a mirror from here .
HTH
lynch

[DanGrease]

Thanks but after seeing the imporvements I decided to wait a bit since they still arent that important or exciting.

dan