Kevin A Smith wrote: > > I know the answer to this will be obvious to those on this list, > but I wonder what criteria people have used to decide on which > distribution to use...where/for what? > > I have debian on a desktop at home, simply a "users" setup. I > now want to setup a laptop (IBM Thinkpad 600) with a development > environment as well as the usual "office like" stuff (StarOffice > I'm presuming) to handle the legacy corporate stuff like M$ > documents and presentations. > > I could do the debian stuff again, but I wondered if there are > other candidates that I should consider. I chose debian for the > home box at the recommendation of a friend (who actually did most > of the installation for me remotely :).
note the chorus all sings in harmony: 'debian... debian...' if you want to compare various different versions, you can try what i did: go to http://www.linuxmall.org and order their megapak, which at the time was 11 CDs from 8 different distributions, for about $30 total. (actually, i gave away my first set, so i suppose you could say i got, on the average, 8 full-blown linux/unix distributions for eight bucks apiece, roughly. shipping included.) of course, we fully expect you to come back to debian after kicking the tires on the others. :)