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On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 15:24:44 Jerry Feldman wrote: > > All is true. > Different distributions tend to be popular in different segments. > Red Hat is the market leader. Some people refer to Linux 8.0 when they > really mean Red Hat. Like any market leader their distro it broadly > targeted. > SuSE tends to be preferred by engineers. > Mandrake by new users. > Debian is popular with the technical people and those who are very much > Open Source oriented. > Lindows is used by Wal Mart customers (I'll say no more). These are not reasons for preferring one distribution over another. They are arguments from authority.
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