I guess the broader question is what sets distros apart?
I agree with you, but other than hardware detection the only real seperation point
is how easy it is to install and configure
third party applications with a particular distrobution.
Several major distros are becoming almost impossible to tell apart becaue they are all becoming equally good at hardware detection (redhat, suse, xandros, linspire)
Isn't it usually better to try to answer a question rather than to shout hollow rhetoric about how "this argument sucks", mod me a troll if you want but I was asking an honest question.
Sometimes the simpler the question the more profound it becomes if you bother to stop and think about it.
The only important difference in my mind is well you can get and install third party software.
Like webbrowser plugins (java,pdf,mov)
Like comercial database (websphere,oracle)
Comercial developement tools (codewarrior,kylix)
etc etc etc..
Why does that matter? Every distro can package
the latest OS products just like every distro already does, but third party software shows
how well accepted a distro is in the marketplace. And shows that when you use distro "X" you
are getting more than just the typical slate
of opensource stuff.
Like usual the easiest way to hack a system, or steal it for that matter is just to walk in and sit down.. or in this case pick it up an walk out.
Sad how much crime there is now a days.
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I guess the broader question is what sets distros apart?
I agree with you, but other than hardware
detection the only real seperation point
is how easy it is to install and configure
third party applications with a particular
distrobution.
Several major distros are becoming almost
impossible to tell apart becaue they are all
becoming equally good at hardware detection
(redhat, suse, xandros, linspire)
Isn't it usually better to try to answer a question rather than to shout hollow rhetoric about how "this argument sucks", mod me a troll if you want but I was asking an honest question.
Sometimes the simpler the question the more profound it becomes if you bother to stop and think about it.
The only important difference in my mind is
well you can get and install third party software.
Like webbrowser plugins (java,pdf,mov)
Like comercial database (websphere,oracle)
Comercial developement tools (codewarrior,kylix)
etc etc etc..
Why does that matter? Every distro can package
the latest OS products just like every distro
already does, but third party software shows
how well accepted a distro is in the marketplace.
And shows that when you use distro "X" you
are getting more than just the typical slate
of opensource stuff.
Like usual the easiest way to hack a system, or steal it for that matter is just to walk in and sit down.. or in this case pick it up an walk out.
Sad how much crime there is now a days.
If the BSD stack is so secure then why isnt everyone using it?