I still don't understand anyone's interest in a rpm based distro. ----- Original Message ----- > Just loaded Fedora 16 this morning.. so far very nice... > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Will Drewry <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Jack Coats <[email protected]> wrote: > >> To give Howard some help tonight, I throw this out rather than the > >> normal vi > >> vs. emacs (and vi wins, of course) > >> a list of Linux distro's that eweek suggest managers know about. > >> RHEL and > >> Ubuntu didn't even directly make the list! > >> I guess all IT manager already know how to spell them. > >> > >> > >> > >> Suggested 10 Linux Distros every Manager should know > >> > >> from eweek 20111108 > >> > >> Android - Linux based but reworked by Google, has over 50% of > >> mobile market > >> Chrome OS - Googles work at doing 'all things cloud' with plug-in > >> architecture #! - lightweight Debian, by design, fast, small, > >> bare-bones good for > >> netbooks, pronounced 'hash bang' > >> Lubuntu - low resource - for older PCs, netbooks, etc > >> CentOS - Red hat based without RHEL support, but more like RHEL > >> than Fedora > >> Linux Mint - Ubuntu spinoff staying with Gnome 2 desktop > >> Fedora - RH sponsored, but has bleading edge parts, so expect pain > >> openSUSE - KDE desktop similar to M$Windows. Uses Yast, not yum or > >> apt for > >> package management > >> Debian - Requires more exprienced users. Without Ubuntu frills > >> Unbreakable Linux - Oracle's re-skinned RHEL with 'hardened kernel, > >> but at a > >> $$ > >> > >> > >> I never heard about #!, Lubuntu, or Unbreakable. Is Chrome OS > >> considered a > >> distribution? > > > > Chrome OS is a tightly managed (portage-based) distribution, but > > there's also the fully open source, unmanaged side, Chromium OS, > > which is probably closer to a traditional distro. I'd be happy to > > talk about them sometime if there's any interest. > > > >> There are plenty more distributions, but are there more notible > >> ones for > >> general or business use > >> (rather than like Slackware, Gentoo, > >> > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Linux_distributions has > >> a significant list (but misses some of the above) > >> of Linux distributions > >> http://shop.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart - a 'distro store' where > >> they make a > >> profit from the USPS bandwidth! > >> for those of us that live 'in the sticks' > >> > >>><> ... Jack > >> Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 > >> "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — > >> Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > >> "It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" — > >> Admiral Grace Hopper, USN > >> "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the > >> precipitate" - > >> Henry J. Tillman > >> > >> > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >> Google Groups > >> "NLUG" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] For more options, visit this > >> group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >> > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this > > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
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