ethan@ethanzimmerman.com wrote:
>I know everyone has an opinion on this, but I'm looking for detailed info. What
>are the main differences (technical as well as philosophical) between various
>distros?
>
>I know debian is very much an advocate of free software, and very non
>commercial, and I know about apt-get
>
>I know red hat is a company trying to turn a profit, and has been called
>bloated. Can someone elaborate on "bloated". And how can that be ? What code in
>red hat (9 for example) is actually written/modified by red hat. Don't they just
>grab other people's code and slap it in a nice pretty package? If so how can one
>distro be more bloated than another?
>
>I know mandrake was sorta based on red hat. I know little about SuSE and united
>linux, and even less about slackware.
>
>So what really are the difference between distros?
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I think some of the difference is how new you are to Linux and what you
plan to do with it. I tried Red Hat, SuSe, and a few others and finally
picked Mandrake. Mandrake is probably easier if your coming from a
strickly windows background and if you just want a good working desktop
and maybe play around with some programming stuff. I do think some of
the other distros are better for actually learning all about Linux. The
command line use and configurations. I don't have a network, but I have
learned how to use a shell and have become comfortable with the command
line. I'm even attempting to write a program (although it may take
years to finish :) ).
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