Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Allen wrote: > > >> The problem with Linux is there is a new flavour of the month nearly >> every >> month it seems. Red hat used to be the one. I liked Fedora myself. >> Now its >> Ubuntu ? I cant keep up :) >> > > Lessee... RedHat came out in 1994; Fedora debuted in 2003; and Ubuntu > in 2004. > > Wow, that's a whole lot to keep up with. Good thing Windows hasn't > changed at all in the last 14 years. > > > I'm a big fan of Linux, and a certified M$ Basher, but I'm going with Allen on this one.
Let's see, www.distrowatch.com lists ONLY the top 100 distros on it's main page, and while I couldn't find a total count anywhere, I snagged the HTML behind the "Select distribution" pulldown, and found 349 options -- and I have no idea how current they keep that pulldown. That's been the main hindrance I've found to my installing Linux as my main OS. Faced with too many flavors of jelly, I've been unable to choose one. (See cut & paste below) Even among my leading contenders (Mandriva, at this point, because it works flawlessly with my wireless, right off the bat), I'm still hesitant: Yeah, well, it has THIS, but Knoppix has this and this, and I like THIS layout better.... Your mileage may differ, of course, and I happily admit I may be neurotic, but on this, I agree with Allen -------------------Ripped from http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/6124.asp ------------------- *The Paradox of Choice* In last year’s book, "The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less," author Barry Schwartz, a professor of social theory and social action at Swarthmore College, points out that people really end up more unhappy with the decisions they make when those decisions are arrived at from a wider variety of choices, or they end up not making any choice at all. One study Schwartz calls out was set in a gourmet food store in an upscale community. Researchers set up a display that laid out a line of exotic, high-end jams where passing customers could sample them and receive a coupon for a dollar off of the purchase price. In one instance of the study, only six varieties were available for sample. In another instance, there were 24 from which to choose. In both cases, the full product line of 24 jams was made available for purchase. Though the larger display of jams attracted a much greater number of people, 30 percent of those people exposed to the smaller selection of jams made a purchase whereas only three percent of those exposed to the full line of 24 made a purchase. _______________________________________________ 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.
