On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Clarence Verge wrote: > > (1) RedHat was an early adopter of glibc2. It is likely that > > a RedHat binary will require glibc2. BasicLinux uses libc5. > > (2) There are significant differences in filesystem organization > > between RedHat-like and Slackware-like distributions. BasicLinux > > is Slackware-like. > > I worry how the average joe on the street is supposed to know stuff > like that. It's the sort of thing that makes me say Linux isn't ready > for primetime.
This isn't the kind of stuff "Joe" needs to know. What he needs to know is that distributions generally referred to as "newbie-friendly" are Mandrake, SuSE, and RedHat (and sometimes people remember to that Caldera was a contender too). Joe also needs to know that distributions like Slackware and Debian are the exact opposite. Joe doesn't need to know all the little details of how the first group differs from the second group, he only needs to decide how high a frustration curve he's willing to climb. ;-) - Steve
