Which one?

[Collins]

On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 09:12:29 -0700 Tom Condon <tomc at eskimo.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 09 June 2002 08:49, Collins carved in granite:
> > On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 07:40:38 -0700 rplummer at wvi.com wrote:
> <SNIP>
> >
> > So many distros - so little time.
> >
> > Suse - has it's own way of doing maintenance, so you wont learn
> > much about the "typical" linux approach.
> > lycoris - good and easy, but major departure from what most people
> > expect for kde look and feel.
> > ELX - started out good, but bogged down in building a stable
> > release, one of the slowest running distros.
> > Slackware - an old standard - well worth a try.
> > Gentoo - a new departure - totally from sources, lengthy install
> > process.
> > RedHat - why not, every one else is.
> > Libranet - to give you an exposure to debian where GNU/LINUX is
> > writ large.
> >
> > enjoy,
> 
> You left out the best learning tool (in my not so complete with it
> yet opinion) -- Linux From Scratch!
> 

Right on - the more the merrier.

BTW, have you successfully built a normal desktop setup on an LFS
base?  It's been more than a year since I touched that, but with LFS
proper you were left to flounder on your own with X + .... to get a
usable system.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
gentoo(since 01/01/01) 2.4.18+(ext3) xfce-sylpheed-mozilla