29 Jun
2004
29 Jun
'04
3:01 p.m.
I should add that in a later phase, when one is more familiar with
Linux, the distribution, or philosophy behind it becomes more and more
important... e.g. a distro using/accepting proprietary software vs. one
relying purely on FOSS...
Serge
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 16:51, Serge Marelli wrote:
On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 15:05, Patrick Kaell wrote:
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The distro is not as important as we all think.
Much more important are
the applications and the whole environment. For example, I recreate on
every Un*x platform I work my favorite environment (shell profile, shell
aliases, window manager settings, etc). I even compile the GNU ls
(because of the colours) on every *BSD and commercial Unix I use.
(...)
My opinion: It may be difficult to find your
optimal distro, but finding
your optimal editor or script language is far more important. As long as
you are *using* your computer instead of tweaking, upgrading and
installing all the time, the distro is not important at all.
(...)
Personally I agree with you.
I'd add that this applies especially in the first stages, when you're
migrating to Linux and experimenting with it. Though I probably
wouldn't recommend something like a Gentoo at this stage.
Once one feels familiar enough with Linux, one will probably start
experimenting with many different distros, while having "one stable
system" somewhere...
until one finds the distro one likes most for whichever (non rational)
reason
in most cases though being able to use the right tools (mailer, browser,
office suite, specific application) to do the job is more important in
the first phase.
Serge