To further my previous post (about the bogus linuxfromscratch.com (supposed to be .org)). The distribution is only a packaging mechanism. Think of a Linux distro as a box lunch from the store, you can get chips, soda and a sandwich all separate or by the "lunch distro" that has it all together. I like the Linux from scratch cause it's the most "Type A", I'm on the RedHat list cause I need to communicate with other knowledgeable folks. Some info here is RH specific (/etc/sysconfig/samba pointers), but GNU/Linux is so bloody configurable I don't think the distro matters. I can make LFS work just like RH8.1.45-allbad (the one you never really saw :^] ) if I feel like it.
/B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin MacNeil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 17:38 Subject: Re: 2nd Choice > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:59:05PM -0600, Jason M. Kuhlman wrote: > > Following the discussion over the last couple of days over the release > > of RH 9 has been interesting. Question: Obviously most of us are > > very fond of Redhat, at least up to 7.3 gathered by some of the heated > > discussion today. Since I would assume RH would be/is your first > > choice of a Linux distribution, what are your second and third > > choices? > > Slackware. The knock against slack is it's difficult to configure, too > confusing, etc., but I've found the opposite to be true. Everything is > cleanly and economically laid out with well-commented config files, and > there's no cruft or unknown extra stuff. I started with slackware, and > it's still my distribution of choice on slower machines. However, > there's no dependency checking and the slackware community, at least > going by alt.os.linux.slackware, seems to be mostly composed of > snot-nosed kids. Not what you want to be dealing with when it's 1 am > and you're trying to get that new wireless ethernet card working. > > Debian. I don't have a lot of experience with debian, but I know that > many consider apt to be a better package management tool than rpm. But > what I find most appealing about Debian is that the community (e.g. the > Debian social contract) is by design highly resistant to the kind of > corporate control Redhat is seeking to exercise over us. What's driving > the linux movement, the thing that makes it great, is the community of > users who contribute to it, not some corporation bent on monetizing its > relationship with its users. I do understand that Redhat wants to be a > successful corporation, but to me they're not more important than the > free software movement. > > This situation is saddens me because from a purely technical > perspective, I have no issues with Redhat. I've used it since 5.x and > I'm very happy with my (heavily modified) 7.2 machine. But Redhat is > going to stop supporting it at the end of the year, and I will not be > jumping on a financially induced upgrade treadmill just to get security > fixes. > > I suspect this rant will not be very popular on a mailing list composed > of knowledgeable Redhat advocates, but it is how I feel. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
