Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe writes:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 12:15:58PM -0700, vinayak_hegde@softhome.net wrote:
Does that mean other distros like debian,slackware and gentoo are not good?? Just wondering. In the FLOSS world, it is sometimes hazardous to label one distro better than other. What is liked by one and serves one better may be absolutely useless for another !!!. Just a thought.
You are right in trying to support all the alternatives available in the FLOSS world. But remember that this approach, although it has a good intention, actually tends to confuse and even frighten away the newbies. For a newbie into the free software community, any choice is good as any other - getting started is more important.
I absolutely agree with you that user friendliness is not debian/slackware/gentoo's forte. I was just suggesting people on this group to be a little judicious while labelling distros and software. Sometime ago, someone said Yoper was the best distro. The fact is "one size does fit all". That is the only point I am trying to make. Maybe I was a little out of context here. Chill!!! No hard feelings.
Vinayak Hegde APGDST Student NCST-JUHU