On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 18:46:38 -0800 Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote: > > >Support Slackware or gentoo. > > > > > > > any particular reason for these choices? > (I like libranet/debian) > Nothing wrong with that. I also forgot to mention LFS. Going over my preferences usually turns into flame bait, but here goes (in no particular order): 1. I've always preferred the path least trodden, if it's not too painful. 2. I don't really like RPM. I don't really understand debpkg stuff. 3. I don't like to search for software packages (especially RPMs, since they usually don't work without tweaking on whatever distro I happen to be running). 4. I don't like to pay for the big commercial distros, since I can get what I need free of charge. Caldera OpenLinux was the last distro I paid for. 5. I don't really understand Debian (I did create a disk based distro from Knoppix, but I couldn't figure it out and didn't want to spend the time. Sheer laziness on my part.) Also, I have to grit my teeth everytime I encounter GNU-Linux. Bah humbug. 6. Even Slackware is a little more difficult to understand, but I would rather support one of the old stand-bys than GNU-Linux. 7. Gentoo has the best general availability of packages that I can install with minimal effort (hm? is there a pattern here?) 8. LFS is good, too, but there's the matter of needing to put a fair amount of work into maintaining and locating packages. Yep, the pattern is holding true. and finally 9. There is no perfect distro. Whatever floats your boat. -- Collins _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
