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

[David L. Willson]

If only this discussion weren't happening without the participation of some CLUEbies...

David L. Willson
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----- "Greg Knaddison" <Greg at GrowingVentureSolutions.com> wrote:

> /me responds to say he uses Ubuntu and loves it.
> 
> I think the reason the Ubuntu crowd is quiet is that the thread is
> about "best/worst/most interesting" and I think most Ubuntu people
> feel like "It just works. I'm not really proud I run it, but I feel I
> am more productive when I run it."
> 
> <snark class="in_response_to_the_anti_forum_thread">If only there
> were
> a way to vote and aggregate our information on distro usage without
> having to have everyone send an e-mail to the whole list. Like, a
> profile field on a website account or a "poll" or "survey" that we
> ran
> on a website. I guess there are some things where e-mail is not the
> best medium.</snark>
> 
> Cheers,
> Greg
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Dennis J Perkins
> <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 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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> >
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