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On 8 Nov 1997, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:

> The question might on this occasion be framed in terms of ease of
> installation, but that is only one of dozens of criteria on which Linux
> distributions might be compared.  Anyone who had the time, resources and
> desire to conduct an exhaustive comparison would probably, at the end of
> it, say that in summary there was no significant difference between them
> in terms of overall merit.

Sure thing.. Some are harder to install, but come with the rewards of
being easier to manage, have more complex configuration objects, comply
with the standards better, etc..

> I think the correct response is to say that all of the major
> distributions are of good repute.  It is safe and reasonable to choose
> any of Debian, RedHat and Slackware.  We may argue over others, but that
> is sufficient advice.

SuSe is also quite good, although some of the documentation I beleive is
in German (which is okay, seeing I've done a year of it, and can kind of
skim it alright).
 
> It is silly also because even the most clueless Linux user, if he has
> ever installed Linux, knows about some distribution.  He might not
> know a single other thing about Linux, but he knows about that, there
> is at last some advice he can post to the newsgroup, and he can get
> into arguments with others equally clueless.

It's all a matter of taste. It's the most totally pointless question to
debate which is best.

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