re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Arthur Torrey
I was rather underwhelmed - nice idea but the end was a HUGE list of distros, with very little info that would separate them. For instance, I said yes to user is visually impaired, and that got the same list w/ the addition of "Software for visually impaired people are installable (e. g.

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Jean Louis
* Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss [2021-10-24 20:28]: > Hi All > > I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a > good linux distribution based on their needs. > > https://distrochooser.de/ I don't agree it is even relevant for Libreplanet Discuss mailing list

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Dennis Payne
I find that distribution mostly doesn't matter. Sure something like gentoo is going to be hard but the choice of general distribution is of limited importance. Most things people want to do are supported by every general distribution. The exception ironically is fsf endorsed distributions because

On Free Software, Education in China and the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021-10-25 Thread Andrew Yu via libreplanet-discuss
I am a secondary school student from Shanghai, China. This email discusses the problems I discovered in the Chinese educational system, in terms of students' right to freedom in computing and options to control the COVID-19 pandemic from the standpoint of a person living in China. When COVID-19

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Greg Farough
On Mon, Oct 25 2021, Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss wrote: > On 25/10/2021 05:03, Jean Louis wrote: >> * Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss >> [2021-10-24 20:28]: >>> Hi All >>> >>> I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a >>> good linux distribution

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Robert
Hey Paul, thanks for sharing the Distrochooser. Looks nice, works great. Gladly, I chose the right distro, depending on the chooser :). Am 24.10.21 um 19:26 schrieb Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss: Hi All I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a good

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Jean Louis
* Paul Sutton [2021-10-25 11:09]: > I do see the point being made here, however wasn't the idea behind freedom > ladder to perhaps take people on a journey that will end with them using > free software. I think it is exactly what it does, it drives people to non-free software and to get into

Re: Linux distro chooser

2021-10-25 Thread Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss
On 25/10/2021 05:03, Jean Louis wrote: * Paul Sutton via libreplanet-discuss [2021-10-24 20:28]: Hi All I just found this on Mastodon, a really useful tool to help people find a good linux distribution based on their needs. https://distrochooser.de/ I don't agree it is even relevant for