[Leaplist] Fedora 9 impressions so far...

[Fred Moore]

David Simmons wrote:
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>> I mean, don't get me wrong--it's nice, but linux really is linux,
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> and
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>> there ain't nothing there that I don't have with my
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> preferred distro.
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> If you're looking for new/innovation in a
> Linux distro, check out the upcoming Linux Mint:
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Bryan.. good comments earlier..

Somehow I still don't think some people get it.  Linux is Linux is Linux
is Linux.  Its not the installer, it not the package manager, its not
the distro (default application installed).  I like the apt package
manager so I do debian based stuff, I don't have anything against rpm
based stuff.  But its all Linux and it all works if you know Linux.  I
have spent more time in my life fixing things that should not have been
broken in Windows (after they were already working), then in all of the
time I spent learning Linux.  I mean so what if config files are in a
different subdirectory, or some scripts work differently.. its still
Linux..

This is not an attack on anyone.  This is a real live example.  I have
watched one person with multiple people assisting for over a year
fighting one distro after another that will not install on a particular
machine.  It was a try this distro.. mope it won't work, try this
distro, nope it won't work..  I looked at a debian based install and saw
the install failed on disk format its something about the installer,
drive controller etc. I really didn't care about the why.   At the same
install fest I booted this machine on a credit card repair disk. 
Manually partioned the drive, then installed the distro telling it to
use the existing partitions.  It was running in about 30 minutes.  The
very next install fest we are back trying other distros to see if they
will work on this machine.  I even heard "Linux is just broke" over this
machine.  I asked one time.. didn't we get this machine working before
by manually formatting the drive. Answer the distro I installed should
have worked, I don't like workarounds.    This was a workaround for the
installer, it was not a workaround for Linux..   I think everyone should
go through a "Linux from scratch" install one time then they would
understand..

Personally I could care less about the distro.  As I said its all
Linux.   If I cared about things like SE being pre-configured that may
sway me toward Fedora.  But..

Constantly moving from distro to distro is such a waste of time.  All
you learn about is the installer and what applications they install by
default.   as one person said. "yawn, yawn".   I think some people spend
more time doing the distro shuffle than actually doing anything
productive with the OS..   oops did I say that..  I should have said
doing something productive with the application.  You know the thing
that matter.. like Openoffice, TeX (LaTeX), Email, Web, oh and don't
forget the games.

BTW I just ran uptime on this desktop. 

<pasted>
05:53:20 up 246 days, 11:50,  2 users,  load average: 14.61, 14.57, 14.45
</pasted>

guess when I installed ubuntu 6.06.. It could have been a "deb net
install", but just happened to have a ubuntu disk laying around.   Now
guess how many email, reports I have written, web sites I have visited,
and games I have played all on the same machine and the same Linux
install..
Fred

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