which distro - Asbestos on!!!

[George Toft]

Dude!  Tell us how you really feel!

Slackware was my first two distros.  When I met RPM, I loved it.

George



Nathan England wrote:
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> Slackware
> 
> + Rock Solid
> + Loads of Documentation
> + Doesn't support RPM's (some see this as a plus)
> + Anything with a tar.gz will work on it
> + Doesn't support RPM's
> + Will _not_ support RPM's
> + does have the capability to turn an RPM into a slack pack .tgz (grrrr...)
> 
> I'm probably the only one in the LUG that uses it.
> 
> nathan
> 
> Am 26 Donnerstag September 2002 09:01 nachmittags/abends schrieb George Toft:
> > > Michael Knee wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'm just getting started with Open Source, although I have several
> > > years experioence with Solaris and HP-UX.  What does the group
> > > think are the strengths and weaknesses of the various distibutions
> > > (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE)?
> > >
> > > Michael knee
> >
> > Welcome, Michael!!!
> >
> >
> > Red Hat
> > + Large Market share
> > + Lots of documentation
> > + Most commercial products built/certified for it
> > + Lots of support
> > + Uses Gnome desktop, which is standard for Solaris now
> > + up2date via RHN for keeping your box up to date
> > - They change stuff from the original package to suit themselves, and
> > have been known to send their lawyers after those who provide bad press
> > about it (see documentation for mplayer to see what I mean)
> >
> > Mandrake
> > + Based on Red Hat - 99% compatible RPM's - see first 4 Red Hat +'s
> > + Pentium-optimized packages
> > - Mandrake-specific support is flakey
> >
> > SuSE
> > + Large Market share
> > + Includes everything, including the kitchen sink
> > + Awesome admin GUI - point & click set up for printers, TV cards,
> > network, services, yada yada yada
> > + Company actually responds to bug reports and package suggestions
> > - Sprechen Sie Deutsch?  Some things have not yet been converted to
> > English.
> > - YaST (the admin tool) is a pain in the ass for an evolving server when
> > you are adding/removing services.
> >
> > Debian
> > + Rock solid
> > + Most of this LUG run it
> > + Most of this LUG run it
> > + Most of this LUG run it
> > - Not too much at the local bookstore on it
> > - Challenging for some people to get used to (like me)
> >
> > Caldera
> > + Solid distro
> > - Way behind on updates
> > - Small market share and support
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > George
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