On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 11:13:51PM -0800, Neil Parker wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] The Linux Distribution Chooser
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:13:51 -0800 (PST)
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Parker)
>
> Mike Cherba wrote,
> >My results were kind of wonky, When I took the RPM route, which I have
> >to for work, it pointed me to Mandriva which I don't like. For the .deb
> >route, which has rapidly become my personal preference, it got Ubuntu
> >and Kubuntu backwards, but was much more reasonable.
> >
> >On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 16:35 -0800, John Schmidt wrote:
> >> I really like the tool. Very nicely done (and I learned something from
> >> it!). Also very wise and reassuring since it told me to use suse or
> >> fedoracore4 and I happen to be a fedora core4 bigot.
>
> I don't usually take these tests, but I took this one just to see what
> would happen. Of course it told me I should be using Slackware, and it
> also suggested Gentoo.
I was kind of surprised by mine... mine said kubuntu/ubuntu/suse/debian
now, i do use ubuntu/kubuntu on a couple computers, so that makes sense
i guess... but i havnt used suse in a while, and never really used
debian('cept for in ubuntu). Slackware was the next to last suggestion!
>
> I wasn't at all surprised by the result. As I was answering the questions,
> it occurred to me that I was biasing the outcome by choosing the
> characteristics of the distribution I'm already using. I suspect it'll be
> the same way for most of us on this list...we'll all choose, whether
> consciously or otherwise, the traits of the distribution we've already
> decided we like, and therefore the test will inevitably direct us straight
> back to what we've already chosen (assuming our perceptions of our favorite
> distributions match the perceptions of the person who wrote the test).
>
> It might be interesting to see what the test would do for a newcomer to
> Linux, who hasn't already picked a favorite distribution. (Would the test
> even make sense to such a person?)
I find your talk about concious/subconcious biasing far more
interesting...
I would also like to point out that in my case, as well as many of you
(if not all), that I have many computers, and I also support others
(making OS decisions for them...), and I dont use one distribution for
all of them. So, what im saying is it isnt a simple 1 to 1 relationship.
Ive also had several (6 at one time) OS's on a single computer, infact
most of my computers have more than one OS on it...
Jamie
>
> - Neil Parker
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