Re: [PLUG] distro choice

["Ronald Kaye Jr" <rekaye1005@verizon.net>]

am i correct ???
debian has had some commercial contract success? some german cities project?
ubuntu is new, and is being pushed by some guy (citizen spaceman?) with
beaucoup bucks.
gentoo is by the guy who wrote the good ibm linux tutorials, but i heard he
was losing interest.

thanks

ron

----- Original Message -----
From: "morgan" <morgan@morganjones.org>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] distro choice


> Ron,
>
> I see a lot of Redhat Enterprise Linux in the industry.  Fedora Core is
> close, but it might be worth at least explaining the differences to your
> students if installing REL isn't an option.
>
> I do see some Debian, Ubuntu and Gentoo around a lot but not
> commercially installed.
>
> -morgan
>
>
>
> Ronald Kaye Jr wrote:
> > Suppose you were teaching a linux class to networking students.
> >
> > you want to give your students exposure to 4 or 5 at most
> > distros. job marketability and installed base are of primary importance.
> >
> > 1) what criteria would you use to make this decision?
> >
> > 2) what would your current choices be ( i will start with fedora core
> > and suse)
> >
> > 3) is there central location for a list of distros and hardware
> > requirements?
> > (we may want to look into distros for our old, hardware challenged
> > equipment,
> > like my old ibm p2 200-400 MHz PCs)
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your insights.
> >
> > Ron Kaye
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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