>> Really, there isn't that much to decide. For regular folks, Ubuntu is >> the default choice, with Fedora a close second. If that's too difficult for you to choose between, then good luck navigating the six flavors of Vista!<<
For serious business people: there is only three choices Windows XP Professional, Vista Business, or Vista Ultimate. And for most businesses it really boils down to Windows XP so the choices are even easier <g>. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 01:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:37 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: > 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. Ah, so you're the guy who likes to go into Blockbuster and only see 1 movie in the store. Anything more than that is confusing. And neighborhoods where all the houses are different? Too confusing!! The only reason that there are only a dozen or so Windows 'distros' out there is that a) Microsoft actively EOLs them and removes them from the market and b) only Microsoft can create a distro. You could download any distro, change a few things here and there, and re-package it as 'VinceWare', making it an even 350 distros on that pulldown. It's not that hard to do. And the thing is that most of these distros are extremely similar except for some superficial aspect. There are a few that are specialized for specific uses, but unless you have a particular need for such a system, you can ignore these. Really, there isn't that much to decide. For regular folks, Ubuntu is the default choice, with Fedora a close second. If that's too difficult for you to choose between, then good luck navigating the six flavors of Vista! -- Ed Leafe [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
