Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Benjamin Scott wrote: ... ... our OpenVMS cluster ... VMS? Eww. ;-) Don't -even- go there, Ben. Don't get me wrong - Unix was and is my first love in OS's. Still, after 10 years on VMS, I've come to appreciate it too. Queueing, both batch and printing, is verra verra nice. I hate to say this, but it tailors to admin functions far better than unices. We're being forced away from using OpenVMS cuz the idiot in charge didn't like the idea of us using a proprietary OS. FYI he wasn't talking about going to linux or openbsd. Stop laughing! Damnit, I -told- you not to go there, now look what you made me do! :-O -- Bob Kenney ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
Quoting Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]: All but the most die-hard Debian users will generally agree the current stable installer is inferior to what you get with Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE. Indeed, I've been told that an improved installer is one of the big focuses of the next major Debian release. Given that Red Hat, at least, releases their installer under a full GPL, I would expect Debian could make use of much of Red Hat's work. I believe that when Storm Linux went under, they GPL'd their installer. The Debian group would probably go for that, since it was already built for a Debian environment. It was also a really nice GUI, and fairly intuitive. The one thing that I like about Debians current installer is that you can tell it to install via FTP, and you get the latest packages and security updates from their site. As far as package management goes, I find Debian is a real mixed bag. Their build tools are no where near as slick as RPM, and who every designed dselect must have gone out of their way to make it counter-intuitive. On the other hand, APT is the best thing I've seen in the areas of automatic updates and dependency solving. I keep meaning to check out that company that got APT working with RPM, in my copious free time. :-) I keep hearing about a tool called urpmi that Mandrake uses. If everything that I have read is true (which I'm sure it isn't), it is supposed to be the best of both RPM and APT. But, since I don't use Mandrake, I have no idea what all the hype is about. C-Ya, Kenny ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Bob Kenney wrote Wayne wrote: Are you having any problem with LPRng. Whenever I try printing a doc or a web page my printer hangs after it print the first page of the document. I've been trying to print the doc for LPRng for three days now and as of yet I'm still trying. My printer is a HP LaserJet 1100. I've never had a problem setting this printer before. Then again, I think this is the first time Redhat used LPRng. Later. Wayne I run LPRng on my home pc; if that's what you're doing, there are 2 things that will make life a little easier. 1. READ the the installation instructions. Run 'checkpc -f' This will clean up some configuration files. this was the only way I could get mine to work. 2. I use 'aps-filter'. The setup script configured the printcap files so that different types of files could be printed ( .txt, ps and raw files). I run a later version of ghostscript (gs which does have have a reasonbly good driver for my HP 882c printer.) ED+ -- _ Linux, the choice | I've seen better heads on half a pint of of a GNU generation -o) | beer. /\ | _\_v | | - ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
When I read Kenny's post, I checked on CNET to see if they had any stats. However they do have a review of distros including Red Hat 7.1. http://linux.cnet.com/linux/0-2136876-7-6594227.html?tag=st.lx.1491268.prmo. 2136876-7-6594227 Be careful because that URL may be word wrapped. List Monkey wrote: Hi- My impression is that RedHat is by far #1 in North America. 18 months ago, I was happy about this because I thought they had a really good distro...now I am not so sure, afetr the 7.0 fiasco... For my own servers and workstations, I run a highly modified RH 6.2. They have a good set of installer scripts that are all GPL'd, and are quite easy to modify. On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- -- Gerald Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting ICQ#156300 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
We have sort of decided to use RH (x86) for serveral reasons. They are not ordered by priority. 1) It is a major distribution and it appears that it will be around for a while. 2) One can buy support for it if needed (we're not doing this yet). 3) There appears to be a lot of vendor support at this time. 4) It seems to be popular so other people besides me and my colleagues a likely to be familiar with it. 5) The kickstart feature makes large scale automated installations less painful. We did not base this on a objective analysis. It's more of an educated guess based on what our customers are asking for at this time (which harkens to vendor support since what are customers are really interested in is the tools and not the OS. For linux on sparc we go with debian as RH has dropped support for sparc. Personally, I like RH, however, my bias is more toward debian as the package management is slick and the sparc platform is supported. My main linux system at home is debian running on a sparc-20 and it does what I want, however, this configuration would not be for everybody -- oh well. -- __ | 0|___||. Andrew Gaunt *nix Sys. Admin,, etc. Lucent Technologies _| _| : : } [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www-cde.mv.lucent.com/~quantum -(O)-==-o\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.gaunt.org Joshua S. Freeman wrote: I don't have any data on this, but, anecdotally, I believe RH is the most widely implemented on this side of the world... SuSe might be more prevalent in Europe... another plus of RH for PHB types is that there is a publically traded, viable company backing it... The other possibility is talk to some local, reputable vendor like antarctic-it and ask what they mostly support... if they do a lot of Debian support, perhaps you could use debian and present them to your bosses as a going concern that offers support... just thinkin' out loud... in answer to the main question.. market share... I don't think I'm going out on a limb here saying that RH is the most widely used distro... cheers, J. On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: A couple of people have pointed out that this e-mail may be interpreted by some as flamebait. So, before it get's started, I want to clarify what I ment... I'm not looking for which distro people think is best, or even which one really *IS* best, since it is a completely subjective judgement. What I am looking for is some sort of documentation to show management that breaks down the distributions and what they offer as far as standards, support, market share (which I tried to no avail to explain was useless data), etc. I can use Linux, but I have to have documentation to make them feel good about the choice of distribution. Kenny Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Joshua S. Freeman | preferred email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.threeofus.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
List Monkey said: Hi- My impression is that RedHat is by far #1 in North America. 18 months ago, I was happy about this because I thought they had a really good distro...now I am not so sure, afetr the 7.0 fiasco... Which was on par with their 6.0 fiasco (and probably their 5.0 fiasco, but I went from 4.2 to 5.2, so don't know). Word I've always heard is avoid a RH .0 release. I can say that I've been pretty happy with both 6.2 and the 7.1 on my work laptop. For my own servers and workstations, I run a highly modified RH 6.2. They have a good set of installer scripts that are all GPL'd, and are quite easy to modify. My general advice to folks is to try several distributions, finding out which one works the way you do. All of them have strengths and weaknesses, but the most important criteria is that you can use it. Contrary to PHB belief, not everyone thinks the same way (heck, even companies don't all operate the same way). One of the strengths of Linux is that you don't have to do things the Linux way - you can choose the RH, Debian, SuSE, Mandrake, TurboLinux, Caldera, . . . (this advice also applies to Window Managers / Desktop Environments - the best one is the one that works for you). In terms of standards compliance, almost all of them have agreed to follow the LSB, so as long as you use LSB-compliant apps, you should be OK (well, when LSB-compliant apps start showing up, but hey, the standard was just released). jeff --- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 --- Thought for today: deep hack mode n. See hack mode. ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
RE: Distro Stats
It may seem obvious, but to me, the best computer related products are the ones I just find myself always going back to. I try out different products, different word processors, email clients, browsers, and distros. I don't know how many email clients I've used, for example, hoping to find the perfect one, but I just keep going back to PINE, because it always works, and does everything I need. I always go back to RedHat. I've tried several others, but I just find myself always going back to it. Corel tries too hard to be Windows... Slackware is just too crude (two comments there: I haven't used slackware in many years, so that may well have changed, and when I was first learning Linux Slackware's crudeness was perfect, since it forced you learn how the things really worked on a low level)... They all have their quirks (RedHat is no exception to that rule); but RedHat just seems to be the best balance of what I find myself needing in a distro. Perfect? Certainly not! Definitely good though. RedHat gets my vote. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jerry Feldman Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: List Monkey Subject: Re: Distro Stats When I read Kenny's post, I checked on CNET to see if they had any stats. However they do have a review of distros including Red Hat 7.1. http://linux.cnet.com/linux/0-2136876-7-6594227.html?tag=st.lx.1491268.p rmo. 2136876-7-6594227 Be careful because that URL may be word wrapped. List Monkey wrote: Hi- My impression is that RedHat is by far #1 in North America. 18 months ago, I was happy about this because I thought they had a really good distro...now I am not so sure, afetr the 7.0 fiasco... For my own servers and workstations, I run a highly modified RH 6.2. They have a good set of installer scripts that are all GPL'd, and are quite easy to modify. On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- -- Gerald Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting ICQ#156300 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
Andrew Gaunt wrote: We have sort of decided to use RH (x86) for serveral reasons. I don't think I've ever heard it put quite that way... ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
I wish I could take credit for that bit of wit, but, it was just another typographical monkey+typewriter phenomenon. Michael O'Donnell wrote: Andrew Gaunt wrote: We have sort of decided to use RH (x86) for serveral reasons. I don't think I've ever heard it put quite that way... ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- __ | 0|___||. Andrew Gaunt *nix Sys. Admin,, etc. Lucent Technologies _| _| : : } [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www-cde.mv.lucent.com/~quantum -(O)-==-o\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.gaunt.org ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Benjamin Scott said: On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote: now I am not so sure, afetr the 7.0 fiasco... Which was on par with their 6.0 fiasco ... I dunno, I've gone through both upgrades, and I think Red Hat has reached a new low with this whole 7.x business. Between the development snapshot of GCC, and not including kernel 2.2 in 7.1, I am *very* discouraged. And I used to be a big Red Hat fan. Holding steady at 6.2. Question: Why do you want to keep kernel 2.2? (Just curious, since you are into security, if there are issues with the 2.4 kernel.) Rich Cloutier SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Derek D. Martin writes: ... Laptops tend to have all of the latest and greatest hardware ... Funny. My laptop (ca. 1996) seems to still have mostly just the same vintage of hardware that I bought it with (I did upgrade the hard drive to much bigger, which plays havoc with the suspend to disk feature support in the BIOS), While several of my destops seem more up to date (they were purchaced within the last few years). [For the humor impared::^)] Bill ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. Most standards compliant is a moving target, on both sides. The LSB (Linux Standard Base) and FHS (File Hierarchy Standard) are both changing slightly, even if mostly stable. Each new release of a distribution changes their compliance to these standards. For instance, Red Hat has said they will not support FHS 2.x at this time. In six months or so, if the other distributions support it, they will go along. As a wild guess, that means wait for release 8.0. Bob Sparks Linux mouth Disclaimer: These are my opinions, and nobody else's. I keep trying to give them to my employer, but ... ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Benjamin Scott wrote: On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Derek D. Martin wrote: While I largely agree with this, I will point out that RH 7.1 is GREAT for most of the laptops I've come in contact with. Are you having any problem with LPRng. Whenever I try printing a doc or a web page my printer hangs after it print the first page of the document. I've been trying to print the doc for LPRng for three days now and as of yet I'm still trying. My printer is a HP LaserJet 1100. I've never had a problem setting this printer before. Then again, I think this is the first time Redhat used LPRng. Later. Wayne ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Wayne wrote: Are you having any problem with LPRng. My experience with LPRng is limited. The RHL 7.1 users in our office are using it, obviously. Their printers were setup using the GUI admin interface included by RHS, and configured to print directly to HP JetDirect embedded print server units. Apparently, LPRng does not read /etc/printcap, but instead generates it. I saw some possible weirdness in 7.0 with network printing, but was unable to verify. My printer is a HP LaserJet 1100. What happens if you cat a multi-page text file directly to the raw port? For example, cat my-big-file.txt /dev/lp0 -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
Wayne wrote: Are you having any problem with LPRng. Whenever I try printing a doc or a web page my printer hangs after it print the first page of the document. I've been trying to print the doc for LPRng for three days now and as of yet I'm still trying. My printer is a HP LaserJet 1100. I've never had a problem setting this printer before. Then again, I think this is the first time Redhat used LPRng. Later. Wayne What kind of document is it? If you'd post the entry in printcap for the printer you're using, that might help as well. I believe there are two or three queues typically accessible via LPD on most HP printers, one for ansi, another for PostScript. I forget their names... More info will be necessary. One thing I will tell you - I just tried setting up a queue for an 1100 for the first time on our OpenVMS cluster using the DCPS printer driver. DCPS usually has no problems communicating with any kind of HP printer, but I just -could not- make it work with the 1100. Not sure if it was the silly little tcp/ip dongle-usb connector hanging off of the printer or what. We spent a week thrashing on it and then told the user to get another printer - perhaps a 4000 series. That was the first time I've ever had to do that with an HP printer. (Well, a PostScript-capable HP printer, anyhow). It usually takes me a day at most to make DCPS work with a new HP model we've never printed to before. Usually more like a half-hour. Not sure if that has anything to do with your problems, but we were getting similar wierdo problems with some jobs going thru fine, some jobs hanging after a couple ten or hundred Kb. -Perhaps- the same thing you're seeing(?), although we comm to the printers via raw socket- port 9100, rather than LPD like you're doing. ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- Bob Kenney ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro strengths and weaknesses (was Re: Distro stats)
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Derek D. Martin wrote: While I largely agree with this, I will point out that RH 7.1 is GREAT for most of the laptops I've come in contact with. For that matter, is is probably fine for most desktop systems, too. At worst, it is still better than Windows, and free, too. We've got several desktop systems in the office running RHL 7.1, with minimal problems. I just wouldn't want to trust a server to it. You don't want your server crashing every couple of months because of swap starvation or some stupid thing. (We've also had weird problems with RHL 7.x not being able to bring down a PPP modem link programatically, which happens to affect several of our smaller customers.) Just make sure you stay on top of the updates... That applies universally. :-) -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Distro Stats
Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
A couple of people have pointed out that this e-mail may be interpreted by some as flamebait. So, before it get's started, I want to clarify what I ment... I'm not looking for which distro people think is best, or even which one really *IS* best, since it is a completely subjective judgement. What I am looking for is some sort of documentation to show management that breaks down the distributions and what they offer as far as standards, support, market share (which I tried to no avail to explain was useless data), etc. I can use Linux, but I have to have documentation to make them feel good about the choice of distribution. Kenny Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
I don't have any data on this, but, anecdotally, I believe RH is the most widely implemented on this side of the world... SuSe might be more prevalent in Europe... another plus of RH for PHB types is that there is a publically traded, viable company backing it... The other possibility is talk to some local, reputable vendor like antarctic-it and ask what they mostly support... if they do a lot of Debian support, perhaps you could use debian and present them to your bosses as a going concern that offers support... just thinkin' out loud... in answer to the main question.. market share... I don't think I'm going out on a limb here saying that RH is the most widely used distro... cheers, J. On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: A couple of people have pointed out that this e-mail may be interpreted by some as flamebait. So, before it get's started, I want to clarify what I ment... I'm not looking for which distro people think is best, or even which one really *IS* best, since it is a completely subjective judgement. What I am looking for is some sort of documentation to show management that breaks down the distributions and what they offer as far as standards, support, market share (which I tried to no avail to explain was useless data), etc. I can use Linux, but I have to have documentation to make them feel good about the choice of distribution. Kenny Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -- --- Kenneth E. Lussier Geek by nature, Linux by choice PGP KeyID 0xD71DF198 Public key available @ http://pgp.mit.edu ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug ** -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Joshua S. Freeman | preferred email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.threeofus.com -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
Re: Distro Stats
Hi- My impression is that RedHat is by far #1 in North America. 18 months ago, I was happy about this because I thought they had a really good distro...now I am not so sure, afetr the 7.0 fiasco... For my own servers and workstations, I run a highly modified RH 6.2. They have a good set of installer scripts that are all GPL'd, and are quite easy to modify. On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Does anyone know where I can find stats on what Linux distributions are the most widely used, highest market share, number of downloads, etc.? I've been asked to make sure that when I use Linux that I use the best, most standards comlient distribution. TIA, Kenny ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
