New fodder for the Distro debate

[Ken Moffat]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

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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.
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> 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/).
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Very nice reviews. I may have to consider giving Gentoo a try.

I'm a Debian user, having used Libranet for years, and experimented with 
Mepis and Ubuntu. However, plain Debian of the sid/unstable variety, 
works well for my desktop, and Libranet is still my home server distro. 
I'm waiting for Libranet 3.0 to come out. It's a bit overdue and behind 
schedule. I'm hoping it's worth the wait. I love the mailing list and 
forum for Libranet.

Those who hesitate to use Debian because of rumors of a bad installer 
should have a go at it now. The install is better, and I've found 
'unstable' to be as stable as anything.

[A word of caution: I never do "apt-get dist-upgrade", preferring to 
stick to "apt-get upgrade" and picking individual packages for 
upgrading. (also, I use aptitude... instead of apt-get...)]

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ken