A new Linux recommendation

[Ed Hill]

On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 12:03 -0400, Brendan wrote:
> On Thursday 29 September 2005 11:55 am, Ed Hill wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 11:28 -0400, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> > > I know this will spawn a holywar, I've got a problem. Its time for a
> > > Linux upgrade. I want to compile GimpShop and I need a newer version of
> > > the Gtk++. Just not worth the work, I'd rather just upgrade.
> > >
> > > I was a RedHat guy, 4.x to 9.0
> > > Then I used Mandrake 10, 10.1, and 10.2
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > At work, we're rather fond of Fedora.  We use it on almost everything
> > including laptops, desktops, web servers, NFS servers, cluster nodes,
> > etc.  So it certainly can be done.
> 
> I am not a big fan of Fedora, but it's wide-spread, so finding friends who use 
> it won't be hard. Also, that Bruce Perens series on OSS just came out with 
> The Linux Quick-Fix notebook...highly recommended, and it's based on 
> Fedora...

While we're on the topic, another upside is the increasing utility of
Fedora Extras.  It contains 2200+ reviewed packages and has been growing
at a rate of a few dozen per week.  Its easier to use than previous
versions (setup by default on FC4 and later).  And its not too hard to
join in

  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras

and get some help packaging your favorite bits for inclusion.  We've
added some of the key (and somewhat esoteric) stuff that we wanted and
its has benefited our group.

Ed

DISCLAIMER:  As an FE volunteer, I'm certainly biased.  ;-)

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