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Fedora, SuSE And Mandrake Compared
gmuslera writes "This weekend 2 comparisions were made between latest Fedora, SuSE and Mandrake Linux distributions. The first one was done by FlexBeta and in general goes deep, done by people that seem to know Linux, and good around its 9 pages. The later one was done by The Washington Post (yahoo news link) and shows another view of those 3 distributions, from someone that seems to dislike Linux and don't know enough about it. In what of those extremes are the average new user experience with those distributions?" Update: 07/06 01:01 GMT by T : Note that long-time Washington Post tech writer Rob Pegaroro doesn't seem to dislike Linux -- far from it; he's just writing what he sees as truth.
Where was this last week when I was looking for this exact comparison?
Yes, thats exactly what I was thinking. MORE distro's, thats the answer!
This P.I.G. will walk on the water, This P.I.G. will walk on the sea, This P.I.G. will walk whereever he wants.
Did have a winmodem ?
Suse never got mine to work.
This article submission was written by someone that seems to dislike English and doesn't know enough about it.
Show me on the doll where his noodly appendage touched you.
you can get the same behaviour with bash. just press tab.
" It literally blew me away... "
How long did it take you to walk back?
"Derp de derp."
" They never comment on that fact that open source means you can mix and match features for the perfect distribution."
I doubt you're the only one bothered by it, but obviously you're also informed enough on this topic to go get what you want. To those of us not using Linux, too many choices is a right pain in the ass.
A couple of years ago, I installed Redhat. It was nothing but a pain in the ass. I bitched about it on Slashdot and everybody told me what an idiot I was because I used the wrong distro. Never mind that I was a total uninformed newb trying out what Slashdot had been beating into my brain, no no no, I missed my "in the know" Linux brain implant.
There is a need for newbs such as myself to be able to start with the friendliest distro. It's tiring to those of you that know, but surely you all want for more people to use Linux. The more the numbers grow, the better commercial support it'll recieve for new bits of hardware coming down the line.
I understand you're point, not trying to shoot it down, just trying to point out that I don't think the article was directed towards you.
"Derp de derp."
Lemme guess... before installing you'd have the airing of grievances, followed by feats of strength? Would it's logo be some sort of pole, perchance?
:-P
P.S. If you've never watched Seinfeld, don't bother to mod this.
#DeleteChrome
The only Linux based distro I've tried recently was Suse ... I don't think I've seen anything better than YAST at this point
Um, if you only tried one, of course you haven't seen anything better.
" Unfortunately, to install any of these versions without wiping out most Windows installations, you'll need to buy a third-party program to partition your hard drive."
Nobody told me that! I've installed Mandrake 8.0, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 10.0 on computers with pre-existing Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, 2K and XP. Not once have I ever required anything but the Mandrake and Windows CD's.
So now I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I guess all those computers are going to burst into flame or something because I didn't purchase a third party program?
. Quit playing Monopoly with Bill. Switch to one of many non-Microsoft products today.
Thanks man, I almost literally spit pop all over my keyboard.
"I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
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