[Sans04] New fodder for the Distro debate

[Aakin N. Patel]

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: On my Linux list of choice (Linux-users at linux-sxs.org) we've been
: discussing some of the distro options and their current state.
: 
: I'll preface this by stating that most of these people are
: former-Caldera-ites who went through the "Great Caldera Diaspora" when
: SCO took over or before (Caldera was never that great at pleasing the
: user community if they didn't have large checkbooks).
: 
: Immediately most of us gravitated toward either Red Hat or SuSE (I
: followed the latter path, having already tried Red Hat several times
: with no love lost), Mandrake gained a few, and still others pursued the
: plethora of other options.
: The group has stuck together through it all, however, and we've gained
: quite a bit of distro-agnostic perspective and expertise.  Verily this
: is one of the most valuable Linux list I've seen, overflowing with some
: of the big names and great talent in the industry.
: 
: Anyway, of late several new distros have surfaced in discussions, the
: most discussed being Ubuntu Linux (http://www.ubuntulinux.org/).  Others
: include MEPIS (http://www.mepis.org/), Sorcerer's
: (http://www.sorcererslinux.org/), and of course Gentoo
: (http://www.gentoo.org/).

As a correction, the sorcerer URL is http://sorcerer.wox.org

I actually have been meaning to try out Gentoo, too. Thanks for the
reviews below. I haven't spoekn with anyone who's tried Ubuntu, but 
it may be worth a test, hearing your review below.

If you do muck more with Sorcerer, and need assistance, let me know.

I did a similar thing with a friend looking to learn linux... I gave
them a sorcerer CD, and helped them get it working. By the time they 
were done, they were pretty familiar with the ins and outs of linux.
Granted, they were savvy enough and stubborn enough to try to figure
out most things on thier own, once pointed at LDP, but still, it was
impressive. Sorcerer makes no bones about not being user-friendly. I
have to say, though, it runs noticably faster once it is up compared
to Debian.

A few people have begun to put effort into creating documentation on
the Sorcerer wiki site, but it's been slow going. Documentation is a
serious lack for this distro.


							- Aakin