On 6/21/06, Thom DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, I'm going to take the plunge and replace the OS on my home computer.
My first question is, which Linux should I install? It has been 10 years
since I've had much to do with any of the Unixes (IRIX and Solaris).
One of the guys at my office likes Mandrake (Mandriva?)... I've seen the
name Ubuntu bandied about... Then there is Suse and Fedora... Not to
forget OpenBSD. (or is it FreeBSD?) And what is a Debian, anyway?
What do you folks like for OSG development, and why?
I've been using a quite alternative distribution, GoboLinux
(http://www.gobolinux.org), for some four years now and I can't
imagine using another one on my own computer. I'll start with the
cons:
- It is quite alternative, so you don't have a huge community of users
and developers like, for instance, Gentoo.
- It departs from some classical "Unix concepts" (specially the
directory hierarchy); some people find this "heretical".
- Since we lack a huge team of developers, you must be prepared to do
the things yourself sometimes (like compiling a program, instead of
simply installing a package someone else already created).
Now, the pros:
- Things make sense in GoboLinux.
- It is a joy to maintain, specially if you have to install programs
from sources from times to times.
- Despite being small, the community of users and developers is very
active, helpful and wishes to spread the use of GoboLinux ;-)
- The tools provided to perform tasks like compiling programs from
sources are very nice.
- Now, a good thing for developers: you can easily maintain installed
several different versions of the same library, and select the active
one with a single command.
- The same can be done with any program, like GCC. So, it is pretty
easy to test if your program compiles with different GCC versions. (I
haven't done this for some time now, but I recall some friends
reporting doing this not so long ago).
To summarize I'd say that GoboLinux is great as long as you are
prepared to spend some time learning some different concepts, and
don't mind to have to do some work yourself sometimes (for example,
compiling a program you need and no other user has compiled yet).
Regards,
LMB
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