comparison of different distros

[Michael Whapples]

I wasn't trying to get a what is best answer, just thoughts on strong and 
weak points of the different systems so I can make an informed decission.

I was thinking of gentoo as I previously used it, but remember some of the 
problems if the system was incorrectly configured or over optimised, but 
would prefer to keep away from a system with more than I need (another 
reason to move from ubuntu).

Suppose that in the end results are very close to each other for these 
popular distros, and it just depends on which is most convinient for me to 
manage and get familiar with.

From
Michael Whapples
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: comparison of different distros


> Well, I am not really recommending debian but I would think it would be 
> the easiest thing for you to use since you're currently using ubuntu. If 
> you switch to suse or fedora core you'd  have to relearn some things. 
> Installing packages, starting & stopping services, and configuring 
> networking area all the same in debian and ubuntu. But all those things 
> are different in suse and fedora.
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> It's become a cliche but as it turns out, the best distro is the one that 
> is best for you.
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> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Whapples" <mikster4 at msn.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 4:23 AM
> Subject: comparison of different distros
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>> Hello,
>> With the news of ubuntu dropping speakup in gutsy, I am thinking of
>> changing to another distro where I will have speakup for the text
>> console. I am just wondering what is the advantages of the different
>> distros (what is the good points and bad points to each one). I have
>> previously used slackware, but found sometimes compiling software could
>> be a problem due to the continuation of using a 2.4 kernel and some of
>> the libs. I have also used gentoo which seemed to work well except for
>> all configuration was left to be done by hand and if not careful while
>> doing an update you may find the system fails because of a change in the
>> configuration options. How does debian compare? Also could anyone point
>> me in the direction of a comparison of the different distros.
>>
>> From
>> Michael Whapples
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