[clue-talk] best/worst/most interesting distro?

[Dennis J Perkins]

I think most of the group does use Ubuntu but they aren't responding.

On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 19:59 -0600, Mike Bean wrote:

> I do think it's interesting that the responses haven't been what I
> thought they'd be.  I assumed we'd be a smaller sample of the
> population as a whole, but we've had at least as many people answer
> that their distribution of choice is one outside of the top six, as
> people inside the top six.  I would certainly agree that the diversity
> is part of the appeal.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Maxwell Spangler
> <maxlists at maxwellspangler.com> wrote:
> 
>         On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 21:13 -0600, Mike Bean wrote:
>         
>         
>         > I keep an eye on distrowatch, and I don't think it'll shock
>         anyone to
>         > assert that most people use the to 6 or so distros on their
>         list, both
>         > at home and at work, but I got a little curious.  Someone's
>         using
>         > those other distros, somewhere...  So I thought I'd just
>         come over and
>         > ask for opinions,  what's your best/worst/most interesting
>         distro?
>         > What do you use at home?  Provided there are those of us out
>         there,
>         > who don't automatically use Ubuntu.
>         
>         
>         
>         I use Fedora at home and have been using Fedora and Redhat
>         consistently
>         for many, many years.  It is my personal reference point as to
>         what
>         Linux should be and I've been very happy with it.
>         
>         I'm now using Ubuntu at work for a personal workstation and
>         Redhat
>         Enterprise and SuSE among others.  Ubuntu is equal to Fedora
>         plus
>         slightly easier access to software and settings that make a
>         more
>         comfortable personal environment.  I'm really enjoying it and
>         I
>         appreciate the innovations they've made.
>         
>         I've always heard about various Linux distributions but have
>         never felt
>         they had a compelling reason to leave.  Many of us left
>         Slackware way
>         back when because Redhat had rpm support and that clearly made
>         the
>         distribution better.  But without a killer app, I don't see a
>         need to
>         try the smaller distributions.
>         
>         We should all be very thankful that we have so much to choose
>         from and
>         can find such rewards in something developed cooperatively and
>         offered
>         for free.
>         
>         --
>         Maxwell Spangler
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