On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:30:45 +1300 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So what's the difference between the distros? Packaging, choice of packages ( > and the politics involved ), and the power of the intended machine... can't > really think of any others. Personally I have been really badly bitten by all > of the common ones with the exception of slackware - which is a bit too > BSD'esque for most linux users. How "free" to be (including which patent litigation to risk, which binary modules to install), what libraries to support, what options to compile into programs. But you may have been referring to that all as part of "what to package". But yes, i thoroughtly agree with the thrust of your post. There has been too much distro/desktop trolling lately.
