On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:41:19 -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Jul 17 10:02 -0500]: > >> There are two main Linux distros: Red Hat and Debian. Each have many >> derivates. Xandros is one of at least 25 distros based on Debian. > > That statement might get our Slackware friends in an uproar. ;-) > > Not so long ago Slackware was the main Linux distro and *seems* to have > slipped to third place, but then it's difficult to tell. There is a > certain elegant simplicity to a Slackware system. I still have a soft > spot in my heart for Slackware, but I use Debian daily. > > - Nate>>
Also, lets not forget the french... Mandrake is a fine linux. I used it for several years. I never joined Mandrake Club to have access to all those OTHER wonderful linux apps... if I needed them I would get the code from developers and compile.. Bout 98% of the time I could get them to work. Not bad considering I'm not a C/C++ programmer... Anyway, decided in Jan2005 to go with debian just for the apps. I got tired of having to track down compile problems... Debian has issues too but so far I've been able to live with them.. mr mike.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
