On 17 Jul 2005 at 12:29, Colin wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many > > derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. > > Please, please, please don't speak on things you know nothing about. > There are way more than just two main Linux distributions. > > Also, please reply to the message that you are trying to answer. Don't > start a new message. > Dear Colin:
I am aware that my knowledge of the subject is extremely limited. I am just an ordinary user and do not claim to be more than that. But I believe my experience with Xandros is very relevant to the choice faced by the poster who asked Ubuntu vs. Debian. My perspective as an ordinary user is, in this case, I think, valuable. My point was simple: If you are going to get a derivative of Debian or Red Hat or whatever, you will never have the perfect compatibility that is often promised but cannot be delivered. You will have it only with the original distro. That's been my experience with Mandrake, which I ran for over two years (on the Red Hat side) and with Xandros, which I ran for a year (on the Debian side). By the way, I should have also mentioned Suse, which I was very much aware of. I did not include Slackware, which I know little about because that is not a distro usually recommended to a novice. Still, I should have expressed myself more modestly and limited my comments to Red Hat and Debian because that is where I have had some real experience as a user. Thank you. Benjamin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
