A distro war like all wars is totally pointless. It just creates misery, chaos and confusion. Surely choosing an operating system comes down to deciding what you want to do and then deciding what is the best tool to accomplish what you want to do given your resources and abilities. I chose Open Suse for example because I wanted a nice graphical interface that would feel a bit like windows as I was very familiar with that. It allowed me to get up and running very quickly (apart from getting my network sorted which took longer, but that may have taken even longer on something else I dont know.) and then allow me to move on to other things once I had the feel for it like graduate to learning some commands and editing config. files etc.
Windows XP is still on my other two computers as thats the best tool to use on them at this point. Suse does exactly what I want at the moment on this computer ie download torrents (not as fast as I would like) :-( , play music and read the CLUG list. The computer never crashes and doesn't have to be rebooted all the time. So I say NO to all wars and yes to people clearly demonstrating the best tool for a particular job whilst considering the resources and abilities of the individual. Regards Reg
