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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. lies by Blymie · · Score: 3, Troll

    Why do people lie so much? Take a look at the "The Linux Distribution Game" on this link. Look at the first paragraph. In the first paragraph, the author states that :

    Do everything you normally do with your computer and report back on your experience. You are not allowed to boot into Windows during that month." The friend called me 10 days later: "My Windows partition is gone!"

    Then, later in the same paragraph :

    "No, don't worry, I deleted it voluntarily..." He continued, his voice full of excitement: "I don't need Windows any more.....

    Then, still later....

    His final words were: "It is all in the way you work. Changing your routine is not easy at first, but after a month, I have adjusted completely. I am removing Windows from my computer!"

    So, let me get this straight. His friend called him in 10 days, saying he had deleted windows from his computer. Later on in the phone conversation, he then said that "... after a month .. removing windows from my computer...".

    You know, people are going to make up stories and post them on the web, and claim they are real, they should at least read their work to make sure it makes sense, and isn't filled with gibberish ravings. Its obvious this article isn't true, since the above statements aren't true. One of them have to be false. If one statement is false, than the article is false. What percentage of the article is false, I don't know, but at this point I have to throw it all away.

    Once someone lies in an article, you can't trust the rest of it. Expecially when it starts with lies.

  2. This guy is clueless? by linuxguy · · Score: 0, Troll


    This guy reminds my of why world domination for Linux is bad. Do we really want people like this guy using Linux?