Re: [Nolug] Distro Holy Wars(was The latest Fedora)

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 23:04, Jeff Hendricks wrote:
> So why do we argue about distros? I think that's the one thing (one of
> the few things) that holds Linux back. Granted, I use RedHate, and have
> since I started with Linux. I just don't know why people on message
> boards get so worked up about distros' superiorities and such.

What's there to argue about? Everyone knows that Debian is better
than RHATE, which itself is *far* better than Atchoo & Suzie....
And Big D eats Snackware's lunch, to mangle a metaphor.

> I'm not trying to flamebait, I know we (NOLUG) are beyond that kind of
> quibbling. So why not have a list of major distros and what their
> weak/strong points are? I'm sure somewhere in the Great Electrical Void
> there's something like that. Since I'm probably going to switch distros
> soon (because of EOL, not because I don't like RH9) that would be of
> great help to me.
>
> -Jeff Hendricks
> a.k.a. "That Funky White Boy"
>
> > ...and did I not qualify my post by making disparaging statements regarding
> > Red Hate?
> >
> > Give a brutha a break, dog...(heh). If I make positive comments about RHATE,
> > it means something. I was only trying to be fair :-P

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