On Mon, Nov 04, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "Re: [Haifux] Re: Linux distributions: A trivial issue?": > If we continue to discuss this subject, my only request is that people > do their homework before- all too often, we have a tendency to repeat > something we've heard from someone, which might've been true 7 > revisions ago but is no longer correct, and is still being presented > as "the truth".
Very true. Whenever someone asks me what distribution I use, I reply that I use Redhat and I use it because it is "good enough": I started using it around version 5.0 (switching from Slackware and choosing Redhat more or less by random, because someone gave me the CD), and continued to use it because it was always "good enough" (or more than that) for my needs, upgrades were convenient and I saw no reason to switch. I cannot truthfully say that I chose Redhat over Mandrake/Suse/Debian because the latters suck and Redhat rules - in fact I admit to never using the other three distributions. I just hope that other people that use another distribution but never seriously used Redhat be as truthful and not talk about things they never tried: when a non-Redhat users criticizes Redhat's choice of C compiler, KDE configuration, kernel version, or whatever, I feel like laughing. How would you know that Redhat made a bad choice if you never had to live with that choice? Maybe Redhat users actually consider these choices good? Would you also feel comfortable discussing the merits of Windows XP vs. Apple OS/X, having tried neither? Comparing SGI's Irix to HP's HPUX? Christianity vs. Islam? So people, please, confine your arguments to things you actually know something about. -- Nadav Har'El | Monday, Nov 4 2002, 29 Heshvan 5763 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |"Mommy! The garbage man is here!" "Well, http://nadav.harel.org.il |tell him we don't want any!"- Groucho Marx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
