Vettese, Nick A on Thu, 25 May 2000 11:55:28 -0400 (EDT)


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RE: [PLUG] "Distro" advocates


We wnt through this a couple of months ago, and it became VERY heated.  I do
not think that we want to start that up again.  If I remember correctly, one
of the people involved in that discussion even left the group.  Does anyone
else remember that?
Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: adam [mailto:adam@looney.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 11:19 AM
To: 'plug@lists.nothinbut.net'
Subject: RE: [PLUG] "Distro" advocates


Hey, to me apt sounds similar to rpm.
Can anyone hit us with a rpm vs. apt for
the time challenged?
/a


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On Thu, 25 May 2000 darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:

> On Thu, 25 May 2000, Vettese, Nick A wrote:
> 
> > I have used almost all the different distros (Only the major ones!), and
I
> > think it is a draw between Red Hat and SuSE.  I think that they have a
> > certain ease about them when setting up the different components.  I
have
> > been using Red Hat exclusively, for about a year now, and I am getting
ready
> > to try SuSE 6.4.  I have heard excellent things about it.  One other
point I
> > want to make though.  I heard some one say this, and it has never left
my
> > head.  It doesn't matter wich distro you really use, because it is all
the
> > same Linux.  The kernel doesn't change only the programs that surround
it.
> > Nick
> 
> The most important thing I forgot to say... try them all, and decide what
> you like the most.  Nothing's perfect for everybody.  
> 
> Nick: I'm curious, have you used Debian ?  
> 
> Is there anybody here who's used Debian, gotten to know apt, and decided
> they still liked another Linux distro better ?
> 
> I really must get around to trying SuSE some day.
> 
> Oh yeah... Slashdot poll, "My favorite Linux Distribution is:"
> http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=distro2&aid=-1
> 
> Top 3, in order:
> 1) SuSE
> 2) Debian
> 3) RedHat
> 
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