[Lilux-help] Distro is not as important as we all think

[Serge Marelli]

I should add that in a later phase, when one is more familiar with
Linux, the distribution, or philosophy behind it becomes more and more
important... e.g. a distro using/accepting proprietary software vs. one
relying purely on FOSS...

Serge


On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 16:51, Serge Marelli wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 15:05, Patrick Kaell wrote:
> > The distro is not as important as we all think. Much more important are 
> > the applications and the whole environment. For example, I recreate on 
> > every Un*x platform I work my favorite environment (shell profile, shell 
> > aliases, window manager settings, etc). I even compile the GNU ls 
> > (because of the colours) on every *BSD and commercial Unix I use.
> 
> (...)
> 
> > My opinion: It may be difficult to find your optimal distro, but finding 
> > your optimal editor or script language is far more important. As long as 
> > you are *using* your computer instead of tweaking, upgrading and 
> > installing all the time, the distro is not important at all.
> > 
> (...)
> 
> Personally I agree with you.
> I'd add that this applies especially in the first stages, when you're
> migrating to Linux and experimenting with it.  Though I probably
> wouldn't recommend something like a Gentoo at this stage.
> 
> Once one feels familiar enough with Linux, one will probably start
> experimenting with many different distros, while having "one stable
> system" somewhere...
> until one finds the distro one likes most for whichever (non rational)
> reason
> 
> in most cases though being able to use the right tools (mailer, browser,
> office suite, specific application) to do the job is more important in
> the first phase.
> 
> Serge
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