I don't understand everyone's fascination with Ubuntu :P On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 13:35, Steven S. Critchfield <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Steven Critchfield [email protected] > > -- > 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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