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[Bruce Marshall]

On Thursday 09 May 2002 20:37 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> 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 - ?
>

SuSE gets my vote.   Timely and regular releases.  Reasonably good updates on 
a regular basis.   A good mail list for support.   Good docs.


> 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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