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| From | Askfor <askfor@nowhere.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux |
| Subject | Re: Help with a distro of Linux |
| Date | 2016-09-23 13:49 +0200 |
| Organization | T-Com |
| Message-ID | <ns35js$r1g$1@ls237.t-com.hr> (permalink) |
| References | <ns0pjo$18if$1@gioia.aioe.org> <uiUEz.50558$ba.38107@fx25.iad> |
azigni wrote: > I distro hopped for over a decade, and one day realized Linux is Linux. > You are correct it all happens in the desktop. The rest is how the > distribution chooses to package and manage the programs. > In essence, yes. Not quite true in real life. Particular distros offer some Deskto Environments in their repositories, and some they don't. You will have to work harder to get Gnome on Slackware, for example. There is a question of reliability. Some distros offer more packages, and some of them happen to be broken. Some offer less packages in official repositories and more in unofficial ones. Some distros have less reliable unofficial repositories, others not. For example, I had bad experiences with Suse and Fedora unofficial repositories. "Mainstream' distros are, generally, updated more often than 'remix' distros. 'Remix' distros often end up in one of three ways: - complete fork from original distro - being updated rarely, having outdated kernels and libraries and preventing user from installing newer apps - being abandoned Some distros have rolling release policy, which is definitely not suitable for everyone.
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Re: Help with a distro of Linux Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2016-09-23 10:53 -0400
Re: Help with a distro of Linux Askfor <askfor@nowhere.net> - 2016-09-23 20:10 +0200
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