[ale] good linux

[Casey Allen Shobe]

Now if only BeOS were open source...

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From: <SAngell at nan.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>
Cc: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ale] good linux


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>
> I know BeOS is not a linux distribution but it is a unix flavored
alternative
> that one might want to consider. Lots swear by it as well. I was merely
trying
> to be broad in my response.
>
> You have to watch your every word around this crowd! Jeeesh!   };->
>
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> SAngell at nan.net wrote:
> >
> > Man, this ought to get some great debate. You sir will probably be more
> confused
> > after the answers start rolling in than you were when you decided you
needed
> to
> > ask the question.
> >
> > To be frank, that is one of the great attributes of Linux! There is no
"right
> > choice"! It depends on you. Your tastes, your needs, and what
"personality"
> you
> > want to build into your setup. Personally I think for beginners, and I
am not
> > far removed from that label,  one of the packaged distributions such as
> RedHat,
> > Caldera, SuSE, BeOS,
>
> Is this a typo, or did I miss the fact that BeOS has a Linux dist?
>
> Other than that, I'd say for a beginner, definitely go with a packaged
> dist.  Rolling your own will be too frustrating at that point.
>
> Also, Vernard noted that SuSE 'just works' and I would concur.  If
> you're looking for a dist that you can just install and get going, SuSE
> definitely is a contender.  My problem with SuSE was that I couldn't pop
> up to rpmfind and install the latest greatest stuff.  I had to find the
> SuSE version, and generally, they (SuSE) were behind most of the other
> dists.  I understand that you can use the SuSE install tool (forgot the
> name) to install other dist. rpms, but I never could figure that one
> out.  Then again, I'm impatient (as most on the list have already
> figured out).
>
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