Re: [PLUG] Linux/UNIX OS choice

["Nicholas Vettese" <pluglist@hotmail.com>]

> Also, I think that if one wants to go into IT, pick rh as a distro. I
> personally, don't like it, but it is standardizing (except at IBM and HP).
> For most people who don't know about computers rh == linux so it's good to
> know the basics.
>
> One other thing. Often I find on the surface, the distros look the same.
I am with you here.  RedHat has seem to become the Defacto Standard in 
Business where Linux is concerned.  I too started with RH (version 5.1) and 
tried SuSE, Caldera, Debian, Slackware, even TurboLinux and Mandrake, and I 
always come back to RH.

> If I put kde on a desktop (no vendor icons) of debian or rh, it will be
> the same for the users. Many tools gui admin tools are available under
> debian, but many people don't know that b/c people keep saying debian is
> harder to use, and b/c hard core debianites actually believe that a human
> readable text file is easier to learn than wading through menus. Of
> course, YMMV. I'm not bashing any distro here. I started w/ Mandrake (and
> m68k debian).

Debian is no harder to use than RH.  The only reason I belive people claim 
it is harder is due to the differences in the installers.  The directories 
may not be identical, but any person with a knowledge of Linux will be able 
to figure it out.  Not to move off topic, but I have a hard time 
understanding why the LSB preferred RPM over Apt.  Makes no sense to me.

Thanks,
Nick

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