[ale] Linux distribution

[Geoffrey]

I'll have what he's having...

James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Ah, slackware. I cut my Linux teeth on thee!
> I consumed all bandwidth to download thy boot and net floppies.
> I installed thy boot and net floppies and, lo, thou wert good.
> Upon thy digital breast I laid my weary head and watched patiently as
> the 9600 baud line blinked merrily. Eagerly I awaited the "download
> complete" signal. Surely I must receive it for I hath slain the fatted
> calf and paid homage to the digital gods of Uni and Versity.
> Whence, lo' cross yon keyboard doth break the shimmering beacon of
> gratitude and digital plenty, "download complete". My heart doth
> poundeth with anticipation as the next phase is begun. Whence I struggle
> to ignite the fiery beast called "X". Eight long and tiresome weeks I
> toil and labor as I shun my other callings to best the stirring of
> graphical desires. Huzzah! I quench my lustful longings for twm as the
> first glimmerings of hope cast their boxed glow on my phosphored view.
> An "X", that moves by magic mouse appears to taunt me, tease me, remind
> me that yet another night and day must pass to acquire the downloaded
> incantation that offer boxes and menus such as I long for. Lights
> flicker, phone not ringing, for the beast must be quieted before peace
> can be earned. Be still my dreams, for the time is near when framed
> boxes will fill my vision and flood my soul with joy. My view darkens,
> blinking its ominous death dance. Murky vision clears to a stipple.
> Proud and center, the "X" awaits my pleasure. A furtive ring finger,
> poised before the corded slave caresses the curve of rightmost button. A
> click is made. A box appears! Lo, it has the magical writings of menus
> from other worlds glowing brightly at my weary eyes. My heart leaps to
> my throat as I jab at one with the corded forefinger of my right hand.
> My hand must slip in my exited hast for the incantation I evoked was
> "exit" and my view turned dark and flat again.
> 
> On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 19:27, rhiannen wrote:
> 
>>Depends on what you want.  Very quick & incomplete breakdown of the top
>>5 distro's might be as follows:
>>If you want to admin a European box someday, learn SuSE.
>>If you want a sweet distro with nice update features, learn Debian.
>>If you want to learn a user(ish) desktop distro, learn Mandrake.
>>If you want to admin American servers, stay with RedHat.
>>If you want to learn the *BSD systems (Open, Net, Free, ..) one day, or
>>just want to learn Linux really well and like CLI, definitely Slackware.
>>
>>---- 
>>rhia
>>Happy Slack(er) for 3+ years ;)
>>knowledge is power - arm yourself
>>
>>
>>"Tommie M. Jones" wrote:
>>
>>>Mandrake is good for a distribution that is more Red Hatish than RedHat.
>>>
>>>---------------------------
>>>Get inside Atlanta's Tech Scene - http://www.atlantageek.com
>>>'Business Intelligence' is not an Oxymoron - http://www.intelliforge.com
>>>
>>>On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Mark E. Schill wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This may cause a lot of discussion so let me apologize first. I want to
>>>>check out a linux distribution other than Red Hat. Which one would you
>>>>recommend??
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Mark E. Schill MCP CCA
>>>>Mark.Schill at cmschill.net
>>>>
>>>>
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