I agree, it is somewhat interesting to hear the ranting and raving
over the distributions...this is what makes the power of Open Source
powerful. At the same time, it needs to be moderated. The function
should be informative, but not distasteful. This is another reason
why a moderated-forum may prove a valuable asset to the discussion.
Kit
On 24 Jul 2001 17:26:19 -0700, John (EBo) David wrote:
> Kevin Buettner wrote:
> >
> > On Jul 24, 11:50am, Steven M. Klass wrote:
> >
> > > > Slackware is a bit rough around the edges. [...]
> > >
> > > Slackware is the best distro out there. [...]
> >
> > I don't wish for this to be seen as a personal attack on Steve;
> > actually I don't blame him for countering what seemed to be a slur on
> > his favorite distribution.
>
> I agree... I do not mind hearing the chanting in the background "my
> distro's betetter than yours..."
>
> but this is starting to turn nasty... Bummer deal...
>
> The problem that I see with writing a FAQ is that to best set it up you
> would need to write it as inpartial as possible. The real dificulty is
> that each distro focuses on certain things. I like SuSE because out of
> the box it caters to a higher end user. It is not quite as easy to
> install or maintain as RedHat or mandrake, but when I had this machine
> built I wanted to do multiprocessing and distributed computing
> development and experimentation. SuSE at the time was one of the only
> distro's that came complete with all of the packages prebuilt for
> Beowolf, SciLab, etc. This was nice for me since I was playing with
> them at the time...
>
> RedHat is probably the best supported and, last I checked, had one of
> the largest user bases. It is nearly a braindead install. I've herd
> tale that Mandrake is similar (and I have not played withthat distro in
> several years)...
>
> Can we set up some criteria, a set of questions, evaluation marks, etc.,
> to give an impartial critique so people can read it and figure that XYZ
> is a better distro for me because...
>
> > There are other questions that seem to get asked a lot too. Things
> > like how to securely transfer a file from one machine to another and
> > how to deal with xinetd ought to appear in a PLUG authored FAQ with
> > answers.
>
> those are great FAQ questions.
>
> EBo --
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