On Monday 09 February 2004 02:50 am, Katipo wrote: > Yes, I read that article. I'm afraid that I don't place much credence > in the reviewers' assessment ability.
To quote the author from the final article in the series: "Another thing for certain: just looking at the score doesn't begin to do justice to the distributions. They are all very good." > He finished by stating that Libranet was totally unsuitable for a > newbie. Actually, he said "This distro is not the best choice for noobies." Here are some of the good things he said about LibraNet: "I cannot fault LibraNet for their selection of default applications...I think they made good choices." "What they did was provide AdminMenu, a wonderful tool which in my eyes is their great piece de resistance. It handles just about all the system admin chores I am likely to ever need" "[LibraNet] has the single most impressive configuration tool of any distribution I've seen - not just the ones included in this series. The LibraNet AdminMenu is a clean, elegant, powerful tool for tuning just about every aspect of your system." As for why LibraNet did not score so well compared to the others: "LibraNet does not do all the hand-holding and babysitting the others do, and it is that babysitting and hand-holding that form the basis for comparison." Of course, that is just the author's opinion - he openly stated that someone with different criteria would likely put LibraNet at the top. > I have friends that have extolled the virtues of Mepis, and not having > tried it, I am in no position to judge, but as a distro that introduces > the newbie to aspects like partitioning, installation (incorporating > familiarisation with your hardware), and finishing up with a stable, > secure and very comprehensive system, I think that Libranet would be > very hard to beat. So is MEPIS, and MEPIS has the bonus of being easier for the average end-user to install, without hiding the advanced control more skilled users would want. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]