At 10:32 PM 2/25/00 -0500, Akintayo Holder wrote:
>I am about to commit the ultimate sin, but here goes.
>Which is the best Linux distribution out there ? I have quite a few on
>hand and I would like to choose one so I can pass the others on to the
>unwashed - by Friday.
>
>I would like it if some one could point me to a useful and unbiased
>review of a lot of distributions, or some resource that would help. I
>want unbiased so vendor sites, won't work. Failing that where can I find
>out the contents of the distros, short of mounting/installing all of
>them.
The February 2000 issue of Linux Magazine had a review of eight
distributions: Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, Corel Linux, Debian GNU/Linux,
Linux Mandrake 6.1, Red 6.1, Slackware 7.0, Suse 6.3, and TurboLinux
Workstation 4.0. They included "pros" and "cons" of each distribution,
and dedicated a half-page or so to each, and a little side-by-side
comparison of all the distributions.
Ultimately, it will depend on what kind of needs you have. For example,
I might run Red Hat on a workstation, but for any server of mine, it's
Debian all the way! :)
If you can't find the magazine in print, you may be able to find out
if the article is on their web site. I haven't checked it out, so I
don't know. The URL is http://www.linux-mag.com/.
HTH,
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Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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