too many choices (distros)

[Darrin Chandler]

I don't really enjoy the choices as much as I might. There are sooooo 
many distros these days, and it's been very hard for me to tell the 
difference between them. I've tried to figure things out from 
distrowatch, etc., but it's still a big mess in my mind. The worst thing 
to me is that the flood of distros seems almost completely focused on 
making a Linux desktop that looks and acts like Windows. Hey, if I 
wanted *that* I'd just use Windows!

I'm writing this from a box using FC4 and Gnome, and I don't like it much.

I've been thinking of trying Gentoo. Sounds more like what I want.


Josh Coffman wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>  This is not a complaint. I enjoy the choices; it's
>kinda like being single again... just kidding.
>
>  I've been using Fedora for a while now. It just
>leaves me a little unsatisfied in some areas
>sometimes. 
>
>  So I have to admit I find myself being tempted by
>other distros though. OpenSuse should be released
>before too much longer; Mandriva 2006 is close to
>release. SimplyMepis 3.3.2 is also close to release. I
>keep wondering what I'm not seeing that makes Ubuntu
>so popular. ..and there's the temptation to get really
>hot-n-heavy with Slackware or Gentoo. Some of these
>I've fooled around with in the past. Does this make me
>a distro gigilo?
>
>  How about a little banter about distros? What are
>you using and why? Anyone consider things like boot
>time, trimness of the distro, included soft packages &
>version, window manager?
>
>  
>


-- 
Darrin Chandler
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