[olug] Re: Which Distribution

[Dave Burchell]

I've got to disagree in part.  Debian's support is not as extensive as
Debian's in the commercial world, but I believe the difference is small and
you definitely _should_ consider other dists along with Redhat.

Besides, why not try more than one?  As they say, "Don't cost nothin'!"

dbw says [in part]:

> For Chris M Miller (cmmiller73 at juno.com):

> Chris you definitely should consider no other distribution to start out
> with other than Redhat Linux.  

> As a newbie or an experienced linux user I would stay clear of debian or
> other distributions that simply do not have enough popularity among the
> mainstream commercial users.  These distributions are loved by hard-core
> linux zealots and also have their merits.  Beyond sitting in the basement
> and hacking at the operating system all day, I do not think that debian
> will ever be adopted for use in most commercial applications and it
> certainly is not a good choice for the novice linux newbie.  I am sure
> that someone will argue that they are using debian at work, but that only
> qualifies as an exception to available statistics on the commercial
> application of linux.  

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