Re: RH Linux and backlash

[Jonathan Disher <jdisher@pinit.ece.drexel.edu>]

I agree wholeheartedly with this email (and am including it for the
benefit of another list... please keep the crossposts to a minimum).

HOWEVER..... As my classmate, coworker, and fellow Linux zealot knows, I
have a different spin on this.

Everyone, think back to the most recent installation of Linux you
performed.  I myself installed redhat 5.2 on my dual 233MMX system.  OK,
so for the first 5 minutes, it was a redhat 5.2 box.  Then I customized
it... a LOT.  I replaced about 30 packages with custom installs (sendmail,
apache, etc).  I configged everything the way I like it (AND I DODNT USE
REDHATS UTIL), manually with vi even.  It isn't a redhat 5.2 box anymore.
It's a JonaLinux (tm) box.

;-)

-jd

On Fri, 14 May 1999 Vale_Kenny@vanguard.com wrote:

> Hey All,
>      I've just been thinking about this for a while, and it's something I'd like
> to share, and get opinions on.
> 
> RedHat has gotten a lot of bad press recently for being the biggest fish in the
> Linux pond.  I really don't think this is deserved.  I'll agree, RH is not the
> fastest, or consistently the most current, but they do fill a niche that is
> needed in the Linux world, supplying Linux to the masses (Note, masses does not
> necessarily mean "business").  For us to really revive competition in the
> technology world, we need a large distribution of Linux to take things to the
> (*SHUDDER*) CompUSAs, and WalMarts.  People who have not been exposed to Linux,
> or are rank newbies as a whole (or sometimes just plain idiots), feel more
> comfortable going to a name they recognize..how else to explain the rush for
> Lose98?  Red Hat is the common man's Linux, the child's Linux (mine at least,
> Angela is 8, and wants Linux to replace 98 on her system), or the small
> company's Linux.  The other distributions will go through the same evolution
> that brought us where we are today, the best will evolve, and improve, and the
> others will dwindle.  SUSE, Debian, Caldera, PacificHiTech, Stampede ( my vote
> ), will continue to be available for the hackers, and you ( I cannot call myself
> a hacker ) can take pride in knowing that you are heads and shoulders above the
> masses still.
> 
> Tangent Begin----
>   We all started the same, ( excepting a few savants ) with this box in front of
> us, not knowing what wonders lay in store, shit, barely knowing how to turn the
> thing on.  Wouldn't it have been great to have someone to go to when you were
> clueless, or in a hurry, that would, if not hold your hand, at least point a
> great big red flashing arrow in the right direction?  We are that someone right
> now, and along with that honor and respect, comes moronic newbie questions, and
> occasionally that individual that really has a chance to take it to the next
> level.  Imagine being the helper of the next Richard, Eric, Linus, or Alan.  How
> incredible would that make you feel to watch someone you helped learn the ropes
> skyrocket to the stratosphere, knowing that you were the one to help make it
> possible.  Yeah, you might not be the one doing the rocketing, but we're not
> talking about personal glory, we're talking about moving to a GNU age of
> computing.  And no one can do that by themselves.
> Tangent End----
> 
> Being head and shoulders above will enable us to push the envolope, break ground
> for the locomotive.  We can use the other distributions, hone our skills,
> develop new ones, and assure our experience superiority.
> 
> Linux is here to stay, and companies and huge distributions like Red Hat assure
> the continuity of the species.  The hackers will add in the random genes to see
> where the mutations will go.
> 
> In closing, I pose a question...who would you rather have backing the most
> recognized Linux distribution, Red Hat, a group who have stayed true to the
> ideal, or maybe IBM, or Microsoft, or Apple??  Now there's a blessing to count.
> 
> Peace My Friends,
> Vale
> 
> 
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