Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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.

1 of 254 comments (clear)

  1. Forget distributions by smnolde · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Go with FreeBSD and you'll never have to worry about which distro you use.

    * Dependencies are handled automagically
    * you can update the entire source tree with cvsup
    * the ports collection can't be beat by any distro
    * the firewalls are easy to configure and set up
    * IPSEC VPNs with racoon (in ports) works great
    * Setting Securelevel will protect you in ways you haven't thought of yet in linux
    * There is so much more automation in FreeBSD that makes it much friendlier to use than any linux distro

    Once you use FreeBSD you'll never go back to linux again.