[Wylug-help] Now: Distro wars

[Frank Shute]

On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 07:57:08PM +0000, Ricardo Campos wrote:
>
> Hi guys... here's my tuppence...
>
> I have tried Redhat, Debian and Gentoo (not to mention NetBSD and
> FreeBSD). I have found that they all have their benefits and their
> downfalls, and really you can't compare unless you've tried a ports
> system, dpkg AND rpm. *Personally*, having tried other systems, I
> very much doubt if I will use an rpm based distro again if I have
> to. As for brokenness... any distro with gcc2.96 as the default
> compiler is broken IMHO.. but that' historical now.

What differences did you find in ease of installation, if any? It
would also be interesting to hear what your systems of choice are now
& for what purposes.

I'd forgotten about the RH compiler fiasco.

>
> It is also true that it's different horses for different courses,
> and that certain systems are suited for certain jobs and for certain
> people. One of the major strengths of "free" software is freedom of
> choice. Vive la difference!

Agreed. Which system would you recommend to a newbie who wanted to
learn unix/linux?

> Also, this thread is no longer about Networking Linux PC's, so
> please rename the subject, especially if you start flaming ;) cos
> then people can avoid it if they can.

Apologies. Fixed it.

>
> And yes my line wrap's broke. Working on it ;)

Dodgy webmail isn't it? ;)

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