Re: which linux to get

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From: Peter T. Breuer
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:32

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In comp.os.linux.help J. Bruce Fields <bfields@login.itd.umich.edu> wrote:
> In article <873dc928sn.fsf@toncho.dhh.gt.org>,
> John Hasler  <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
>>J. Bruce Fields writes:
>>> Because $4 is nothing compared to the hour or more it will take to
>>> install each of distribution. You're better off picking one and sticking
>>> with it.
>>
>>If you are not willing to invest a few hours in the selection of a new
>>operating system you would be better off sticking with Windows.

> OK, fair enough, but we're talking about the choice of a distribution, not
> an operating system.  I don't think the choice between Redhat and Debian

No, they are o/s's. The differences are as great as between netbsd and
freebsd, for example (apart from the kernel). Possibly greater. The
relationship between redhat 7 and debian 2.2, for example, is probably
approximately nil at the binary level.

> installing several different distributions yourself.  But what does a
> newbie really learn by installing 2 or 3 different distributions?

That he has the power and the ability do it.

Peter

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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <ptb@oboe.it.uc3m.es>
Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: which linux to get
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