Kevin A Smith wrote: > I know the answer to this will be obvious to those on this list, > but I wonder what criteria people have used to decide on which > distribution to use...where/for what? > > I have debian on a desktop at home, simply a "users" setup. I > now want to setup a laptop (IBM Thinkpad 600) with a development > environment as well as the usual "office like" stuff (StarOffice > I'm presuming) to handle the legacy corporate stuff like M$ > documents and presentations. > > I could do the debian stuff again, but I wondered if there are > other candidates that I should consider. I chose debian for the > home box at the recommendation of a friend (who actually did most > of the installation for me remotely :). > > Kevin
Because of apt/dselect, I recommend you stay with a Debian variant. It doesn't have to be pure Debian, but something like Corel Linux or Storm Linux might be more to your liking. I chose Debian because of it's philosophy; Debian seems to be the "purest" when it comes to the ideal of Free Software. Stability in the Debian releases and the design of apt/dselect (under the hood, not the trimmings) were just icing on the cake.
