| The Linux Distribution Game |
Nov. 13, 2001
Perhaps the biggest question of many users considering their first Linux installation is: "Which Linux? Which Distribution?" Ladislav Bodnar, publisher of DistroWatch.com, sheds some light on the answer to those questions and many more in this overview of current Linux distributions ranging from Red Hat to Linux From Scratch. Bodnar writes . . .
"A friend of mine accepted the challenge: 'Boot into your Linux partition and stay there for one month. Do everything you normally do with your computer and report back on your experience. You are not allowed to boot into Windows during that month.' The friend called me 10 days later: 'My Windows partition is gone!' I frowned, expecting a round of troubleshooting over the telephone. 'No, don't worry, I deleted it voluntarily...' He continued, his voice full of excitement: 'I don't need Windows any more. I can do all my office work with StarOffice and Gnumeric. The Galeon browser is such a gem -- I can hardly believe all the features it has. I didn't think I could play encrypted DVDs in Linux until I tried Ogle -- even menus work perfectly! I can burn CDs and listen to Internet broadcast. And as for my web site, it was hard at first without Dreamweaver, but once you get used to Quanta Plus, you can do things just as fast!' His final words were: 'It is all in the way you work. Changing your routine is not easy at first, but after a month, I have adjusted completely. I am removing Windows from my computer!' . . . "
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