Charles the Gruamach wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:23:09 -0400, Tiny Human Ferret
> <ixnayamspay_klaatu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
<snips>
>>FWIW I hear a lot of positive things about Mandrake, etc. But if
>>you want to subject yourself to true misery for great rewards, Debian is
>>the way to go, just be sure to recompile the default kernel if you get
>>the "Woody" release.
>
>
> Mandrake was my first Linux, and while it was very easy to deal with
> as an absolute newbie (as oppsed to the generic newbie I've now
> become), I don't like the non-standard layout they seem to use.
> Makes it hard to learn stuff when everything I read says that files
> and such *HERE* and yet Mandrake decides to put them *THERE*
Ah, then perhaps Debian is for you. They're considered "the purists'
purists". They're sort of "the OpenBSD of Linux". You will definitely
like their "apt-get" package acquisition and installation feature. It
takes a little getting used-to, but once you catch on, it's "da bomb".
And Debian puts stuff generally where you'd expect it to be found.
the only real hassle is that you have to learn the bare bones of `vi`
and even `emacs` to get it properly set up enough to effectively use apt
and apt-get.
--
The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may
often assume the appearance, and produce the effects,
of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy.
--Gibbon, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"
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