[SWLUG] Linux Distros and/or FreeBSD

[Davage, Marcus]

I don't want to start a flame war, but here's my problem...

I'm currenty running Mandriva 2007.1, because

(a) Mandrake was the first distro I ever used and am lazy like that
(b) I like it's ability to choose the display manager when I log on,
depending upon my whim (current faves: KDE, Gnome, fluxbox, enlightenment)
(c) it comes with a huge bundle of software

I tried Ubuntu from a mag's DVD - it was OK, but it didn't come with much,
and you can't choose which DM you want.

What I don't like about Mandriva/Linux is the whole dependency thing, e.g. I
want to install, oh, I dunno, say a bittorrent client, Mandriva Update says
I need to install half a dozen lib... dependencies before eventually failing
for some reason or other.

Is there a distro out there where I can just download an application (or a
new release of an application) and not worry about libs and sources and
stuff, or is that part of the whole Linux thing?

What about Free BSD? Is that any different? Can anyone give a personal
opinion on Lilnux vs. FreeBSD and why one over the other?

Cheers,

> Marcus Davage


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