I honestly would have to disagree with you on commercial is better. Anytime I needed something done, freeware apps in my opinion have always done a better job at what they do than the commercial apps.
Justin Bob Hodges wrote: > > I have never been disappointed with SuSE Linux, and have been running it > since the late 90s. Every time a new flavor of Linux comes along, I try > it for a while, some longer than others. However, I always end up > running back home to SuSE (I always buy the full commercial versions, I > never download the limited free versions). I know Ubuntu is incredibly > popular, lots of community support, also follows the quality standards > of Debian. Avoid Fedora unless you enjoy masturbating with a cheese > grater. > > As for "commercialism", don't use that as a criteria for selecting an > operating system. Dogmatic or "religious" beliefs about software or the > companies that produce/release it will not have any bearing on how well > the software performs or not. Open source will not save the world, and > 90% of the Linux zealots out there would by lying their asses off if > they said they didn't have a Windows box sitting nearby. To be > accurate, however, the best-running versions of anything have ALWAYS > been commercial versions or from commercial entities (i.e., Red Hat, > SuSE, etc). Just ask Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux who is > probably the grandfather of this whole "free love" philosophy of Linux > and open source. You can ask him all about it, however you might find > it difficult, as Torvalds is elusive as he sits in his mansion getting > paid billions for (yup, you guessed it) Linux. I read his book, in > which he both preaches the splendors of open source and how evil > commercialism is while at the same time pointing out how much he loves > how Linux has made him filthy stinking rich. One of the biggest > hypocrites I've ever come across. Open Source preacher on the outside, > absolutely loving the profits of commercialism on the inside. > > I recommend OpenSuSE v11, it's fantastic (SuSE is also the version > Torvalds himself prefers according to his book). Extremely powerful, > has always had vastly superior device driver detection and everything > working out of the box. Fantastic configuration and management via the > YAST utility (Control panel if you will). OpenSuSE v11.1 is soon to > come out if it isn't already. > > Bob > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Bob > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Which Distribution? And Why? > > Why did you choose the distribution of Linux that you did from all the > other choices? > > There are, as you know, over 300 flavors of Linux available. A handful > are well known (like Mandriva, Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE, Debian, Gentoo), > and there are many that are offshoots of those. Each has its strong > points and weak points. > > I've been trying to decide which to put on my new system (a Q9300 > [Core 2 Quad] based Intel processor on a LAN Party DK mobo). > > I like the support of Ubuntu, the past pleasures and ease of Mandriva, > the power of Fedora and SUSE, etc.. I don't like the (administrative) > limitations on Ubuntu, the commercialism of Mandriva, the experimental > nature of Fedora, etc.. And I've always wanted to get Gentoo onto my > system, but have never had a completely successful installation (on > previous systems). > > Any suggestions, comments, but most of all the reason you chose the > distribution that you did, will be appreciated. Thanks. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
