The choice of Linux distributions is much like the choice of editors, or the mac-vs-pc or linux-vs-unix issues. Any discussion will just get you into "holy wars" over what is the "one true way". Get as many free downloads as you can find, try them all, and use what works best for you.
"Great Minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - Admiral Hyman Rickover Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)856-5940 VM Enterprise Servers, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Post, Mark K > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RedHat vs Suse > > Duane, > > I would not say that any of the Linux/390 distributions "work better with > VM" than any of the others. I also have my doubts that DSPACE (what ever > that is) would "run better" on one Linux/390 distribution versus another. > Without more information, that sounds a lot like magical thinking rather > than anything else. > > Use the distribution that you're most comfortable with overall (using what > ever criteria you might have for that). > > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duane Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RedHat vs Suse > > > We installed SuSe Linux under z/VM on a z800 box, under the belief that > SuSe Linux worked better with VM and the hardware. There is a desire to > put something called the MIT DSPACE project. There is a belief that > DSPACE would run better on RedHat. > > I am interested in talking to anyone who installed RedHat Linux under > VM. HAve you had any trouble with RedHat. Did you have to do any > modifications to make RedHat run under VM? > > Is there any truth to the belief that SuSe Linux works better with VM? > > duane > >
