If you have Gentoo, why bother with the rest... :) I'd say Suse, Debian and (unfortunately, Red Hat/Fedora). round out the list.
I'd give the nod to Fedora as a best first install, because it's the easiest to find dead tree documentation for. (book stores, etc) It's also the most supported for closed source apps. SuSE would be my recommendation for a second install, because the sooner you're off Red Hat, the better. SuSE is a close second for docs and Closed source app support, and with Novell promoting it, I expect this gap will close fast. Install isn't quite as easy as RH, but once it's working, it's easy too. Debian is popular, and well documented on-line, but it's a PITA to install. It's worth knowing a bit about simply because it's a common reference platform, though this is waning fast. Gentoo is where you should go after Suse. It's faster than any of the others, it's lighter, and I find it much easier to maintain. It's not nearly as hard to install as Debian, but it's certainly not as easy as Suse or Fedora. Gentoo is also used for some interesting projects (Hardened Gentoo, for example). The only thing it doesn't have going for it is (and Personally, I don't care, but others do, I know...) LSB compliance. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan Alberto Cirez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 4:42 AM Subject: [clug-talk] OT::What are the main Linux Distros > Just a quick question: What are the main Linux distros at the moment(I > mean the most popular) and what tools do they have for > managing/installing/upgrading packages....? > > -- > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > --oo0oo-- Juan Alberto Cirez - Software Developer --oo0oo-- > =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============= > C, C++, Java, & Perl Linux development > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > Sunny and Beautiful Vancouver, Canada. > =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
