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The Linux Distribution Game

Posted by timothy on from the move-your-token-6-spaces dept.

Ladislav Bodnar writes: "I have installed and used many Linux distributions. The editorial, entitled The Linux Distribution Game is the result of my personal experiences - it aspires to be a gentle introduction to the many distributions out there. The rest of the DistroWatch site provides pure facts; this is the only exception, although I promise to be as unbiased as possible." This page is nearly worth it for the logos alone; the links to obscure and semi-obscure distributions are a nice resource.

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  1. Debian could be THE distribution by Weird+Dave · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a Debian zealot, I claim that there's a sort of zen when using Debian. It has a sense of completeness, once installed, that I've never felt with another distribution. I like to think that if debian blatantly copied the RedHat or Mandrake installer program, then it would be the distribution to beat.

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  2. Re:Best Icon by Jim42688 · · Score: 2, Funny

    what? not really.
    coolest icon goes to icepack

  3. Choose freely!! by GdoL · · Score: 1, Funny

    Good Idea!

    Evolution trieves on diversity and the best way to choose is to know that there are a lot of distros, much of them so good that is very hard to choose one.

    I choose based on the great Icons of Mandrake ;-), but still want to experiment others.
    Some are better for their performancd on server others for the desktop others because...

    Hey, you can choose! And don't pay an extra for that (don't pay at all)!!

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  4. Here's how they did it by selectspec · · Score: 3, Funny

    Professor Plum and Cournel Mustard deleted the partition in the library with the rope.

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