On Tue, 7 Aug 2001 23:18:41 -0400
Tim Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted:
TH> This really comes down to what do they want to do with the machines.
TH> Are these going to be desktops for users? Are these going to be
TH> servers? Are these going to be used to teach a class on Linux?
<Big snip to preserve bandwidth>
TH> Slackware wasn't anything impressive honestly. It's install was a lot
TH> like FreeBSD, but nothing special. I honestly didn't leave it
TH> installed
TH> long enough since I had to use that machine as a test server for
TH> RedHAT
TH> for our current project.
TH>
TH> But where you'll find a fair comparison of the distros to let you know
TH> which one you should choose for what, good luck! I've looked. All of
TH> them have been out dated, and biased. But something like this should
TH> be
TH> researched AFTER they know what they want to do with the machines.
TH>
TH> Hope that helps a little.
TH> tdh
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Nice tidy summation, Tim. You hit most of the major Linux and *BSD
distros in a fairly unimpassioned, relatively _nuetral_ manner. I once
read of Slackware (on another list I believe) that i wa not really a
distro, at all, just a tarball of someone's hard drive ;o)
Mike
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