Comments on: My Distro Is Better Than Your Distro http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/ Linux. GNU. Freedom. Fri, 17 May 2013 20:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6-beta2-24176 By: Alexandre Franke http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109289 Alexandre Franke Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:28:43 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109289 Aaron, be sure to have a look at Foresight Linux. I see that you already have experience with several families (deb, rpm…) but not that much with Foresight Linux so I can only recommend that you try it :-)

]]> By: Wolfger http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109284 Wolfger Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:46:03 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109284 Yum! :-)

]]> By: Wolfger http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109283 Wolfger Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:10 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109283 > I’ll bet he wasn’t running vanilla-sources
> either (the gentoo package for the
> unpatched kernel).

Well, at least Gentoo offers choices about which kernel to use.

I basically agree that Gentoo is the best distro out there. But I’m running Ubuntu. What does that say? I guess there’s different values of “best”. Ubuntu is significantly easier, which makes it better for most users. Myself, apparently, included.

P.S. Why do I get an error message “You must submit a comment using the comment form.” when I try to submit this comment? Seems the OpenID implementation is broken

]]> By: akf http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109282 akf Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:43:22 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109282 Ah, this discussion reminds me of the good old times.

C64 forever!

…err, why doesn’t it detect my C64?! ;-)

]]> By: User http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109263 User Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:27:04 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109263 Something worth reading from long time Linux user:
http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/12/10/23/43/18-the-big-move-defecting-from-linu

]]> By: nnonix http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109254 nnonix Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:27:40 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109254 Gentoo is famous for having users like that. They don’t just drink the cool-aid. They eat the cup.

]]> By: Michael Goetze http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109250 Michael Goetze Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:21:32 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109250 A master was explaining the nature of Tao of to one of his novices. “The Tao is embodied in all software – regardless of how insignificant,” said the master.

“Is the Tao in a hand-held calculator?” asked the novice.

“It is,” came the reply.

“Is the Tao in a video game?” continued the novice.

“It is even in a video game,” said the master.

“And is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?”

The master coughed and shifted his position slightly. “The lesson is over for today,” he said.

]]> By: Michael Goetze http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109249 Michael Goetze Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:20:48 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109249 This was a reply to comment #12. Your blog software just forgot that the moment I hit “Preview”.

]]> By: Michael Goetze http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109248 Michael Goetze Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:19:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109248 A master was explaining the nature of Tao of to one of his novices. “The Tao is embodied in all software – regardless of how insignificant,” said the master.

“Is the Tao in a hand-held calculator?” asked the novice.

“It is,” came the reply.

“Is the Tao in a video game?” continued the novice.

“It is even in a video game,” said the master.

“And is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?”

The master coughed and shifted his position slightly. “The lesson is over for today,” he said.

]]> By: LinuxLover http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109243 LinuxLover Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:38:50 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109243 This is a major problem for the growth of Linux. Linux users should unite, no matter what their personal choice of distro is. The in-fighting is bad for Linux and Open Source. We have to remember our common enemy: The proprietary OS companies.

BTW, since this thing can’t detect my distro, it’s PCLinuxOS. I guess it only detects the major distros?

]]> By: Linux Canuck http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109242 Linux Canuck Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:18:34 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109242 The best distro is the one that works for you! I am glad to have choice. The more choice the better.

BTW, I use Ubuntu, but don’t think that it is the best choice for everybody. It works for me and that is good enough. If you use something else, that is fine by me. The day that everyone uses the same distro will be a sad day indeed.

]]> By: Endless Linux http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109241 Endless Linux Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:05:46 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109241 We should be united in “Fan-Boy-Ism” of Linux, not our respective distros… :)

]]> By: Sameer Morar http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109240 Sameer Morar Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:21:48 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109240 When people start comparing distributions, my response usually is that different distros have their strengths!! I usually break it down into the following, and encourage people to try out as many as possible, and select something that they are comfortable with (this doesn’t mean that I won’t tease them for their final choices, but that’s just in jest!!):

Gentoo: the ebuild system is great to use if you are an upstream developer
Ubuntu: fantastic community support, so it’s awesome for home users, and those that are new to the foss ecosystem
Redhat / Fedora: if you need to use enterprise software, such as oracle etc…
SLES / openSUSE: if you need to integrate into MS & Novell environments

Personally, I run Ubuntu on everything, with the exception of an XBox, which runs gentoo, as that’s the only thing that I can find which works and can be brought up to date easily (but painfully slowly)!!!

People should make the same argument for all the other potential flame wars, eg emacs/vi/gedit/etc… or gnome/kde/xfce/enlightenment/etc… Focus on the strengths of a product and whether the user is comfortable within that environment!!

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109239 Aaron Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:51:07 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109239 Yeah. I’m aware of the OpenID auth problems and submitting a comment. I’m working on it. I may just disable OpenID until the plugin I’m using gets fixed.

Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Aaron http://pthree.org/2009/01/02/my-distro-is-better-than-your-distro/#comment-109238 Aaron Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:48:27 +0000 http://pthree.org/?p=788#comment-109238 Hah! Everyone knows GNOME rules the world! You must be an Emacs user! j/k. :)

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