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10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

Posted Apr 9, 2008 21:25 UTC (Wed) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
Parent article: 10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

1. Who gives, you don't have to install the offending pieces.
2. But only when you are building packages. apt, I can't deny, beats most rpm frontends
(yast,yum and smart) in terms of speed, but dpkg has a seemingly utterly complex build system
-- lots of dh_* calls, anyone?!
3. What's the rc.d nonsense?
4. Is not a factor in choosing a distro, at least if you can choose what you want to install.
All major players give that choice.
5. Eh well... me says it's not always a technical issue.
6. Biased opinion, definitely.
7. Somehow it came to no surprise that Ubuntu is also listed here.
...

It's much more simple, rule #1:
- if you are not biased to a distro already, use whatever they use at work.

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10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution (TechRepublic)

Posted Apr 10, 2008 0:33 UTC (Thu) by csawtell (subscriber, #986) [Link]

> It's much more simple, rule #1:
> if you are not biased to a distro already,
> use whatever they use at work.

More to the point, use what your primary helper uses until you have learnt 
to fly, then choose what you think your needs best. You'll probably not 
change until you discover something really wrong with what you currently 
use, because the old adage "Better the Devil you know than the one you 
don't" really does apply in this situation. I have had several forays out 
into the wide-blue-yonder, but have always run back home after a week or 
two.