Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux distribution chooser.

From: Craig Zeigler (craig@ctrust.com)
Date: Thu Jan 05 2006 - 15:56:28 EST


Levi Bard wrote:

>On 1/5/06, Robert Snyder <robertsnyder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>I had a problem with the test. apparently if i select I have something
>>great than 1ghz machine then i get gentoo if i say i have a 1ghz or less i
>>get gentoo/slackware if i select 500mhz I get just slackware.
>>
>>The test is skewed.
>>
>>
>
>How dare it suggest that one might not want to build one's entire
>system from source on a <500MHz machine?!
>
>--
>Debianista!
>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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I recently did a build on a 500MHz box.... not a bit deal. and many of
you are forgetting the use of precompiled binaries that are available.

The best distro chooser is either a random number generator, or (for
those using Debian Potatoe) a hat and scraps ofpaper

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