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[Brett I. Holcomb]

What do you recommend then for a distro?  I see - and this is based only on 
my time in the newsgroups and mailing lists:

RH - the MS an AOL of the Linux world: breaks rules, doesn't maintain 
standards,bleeding edge, doesn't have much of a clue.  They made it popular 
but lost it

SUSE - ?

Mandrake - ?

Debian - ?

Who else is there - Maybe use gentoo to set it up and then make your own 
changes and updates (I do that with Caldera anyway in that I upgrade the 
kernels and some of the apps).

What distros are worth installing in that they include what they are 
supposed to and follow the standards?

I would like to know as I'm building a Linux workstation and also a file 
server.  I'd planned to use Caldera Server 3.1.1 and WS 3.1.1.

Net Llama! wrote:

> On Thu, 9 May 2002, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>> On Thursday 09 May 2002 19:13 pm, dep wrote:
>> > fyi, we did a little interview with ransom love an hour or so ago;
>> > it's up now:
>>
>> Sorry, but I don't buy the 'tough market' as being the sole reason for
>> their
>> demise.   I still 'lurk' on the Caldera List and I cringe everytime I see
>> someone struggling mightily to compile something or upgrade something
>> else because Caldera 'forgot' or didn't include it in their stealth
>> distro.
>>
>> I gave up on Caldera two years ago when the hand writing was on the wall
>> that they were no longer interested in the retail market and I have never
>> looked back.
>>
>> I think they've lost it.
> 
> Indeed, i'll never install Caldera on any box again.  I'm nursing my sole
> original Caldera box right now with rebuilt SRPMs from various sources.
> 
> If i had a penny for every CEO who is blaming their lack of profits on the
> economy or 9/11 i'd be quite wealthy.
> 

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