On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't decided which > Linux flavor to go with. >
It's not (and shouldn't be) a permanent irrevocable choice. The "Hat" line - Fedora, CentOS and RedHat - have a lot of consistency amongst them, predictable interfaces and support & etc. Fedora goes on your laptop since it has the most recent hw drivers and cutting-edge cool toys. CentOS goes on your server since it's stable and compatible and supports all the usual suspects. And RedHat goes to the PHB who want commercial support. (These are my primary choices, but I'm also a RedHat stockholder and many of the local LUG members are employees, so I am prejudiced.) Or Ubuntu. LTS for servers, latest for laptops. Or Debian or SuSe or Mepis. It's not hard to learn the differences between distros. And man pages are there to help. And Google. They all run the same major applications, languages, kernels and desktops. Just some questions on how you like your packages installed, how up-to-date you need to be, how often you want to do a major upgrade, etc. SuSE has YAST which is a pretty cool control center. Ubuntu has very wide repositories, including support for a number of encumbered file formats. It's worth knowing at least a little bit about each of them, especially if you ever find yourself in a tech support role for clients, friends or family. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
