On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > > > This brings up a related question: what criteria do you (collectively, > not > > just Marvin) use in selecting a distribution? Does the choice depend on > the > > system being used personally compared with professionally (knowing, > > supporting, and recommending distributions?) > > > > Just curious, > > > > Rich > > For me a couple of things come into play.
Laptop, Desktop, or Server = lightweight OS / Window Manager, all the bells & whistles, or no GUI at all. What's the box's main purpose = personal, file server, web server, email server, firewall/vpn, router. * I think some distros are a bit better suited for specific tasks. And then the last thing is do I want to use it for bus/work or for play = Read, what's my tolerance for stability, performance, lack of support... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
