[GRLUG] The battle of the distros

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 03:44:52PM -0500, Collin Kidder wrote:
> 
> > Yep,  disto hopping is a very good example of making the perfect the
> > enemy of the good.  I've been using LINUX since kernel 0.99a and I've
> > seen a strong reverse correlation between distro-hoppers and people who
> > actually succeed with LINUX.  The distro-hoppers mindset is to try
> > another distro everytime they hit a snag,  which means they are
> > constantly trying distributions and find LINUX to be unproductive.  It
> > would be interesting if there were some four or five flavors of Windows,
> > Windows users would probably get stuck in the same cycle.
> >   
> 
> Yes, I pretty much feel the same way, despite the fact that I'm 
> currently in the distro shopping phase. I suppose the correct rule of 
> thumb is the same as marriage - play the field, make up your mind, but 
> darn it stick with your decision once you make one. This, of course, is 
> not what I did. I got an OS divorce instead! ;-)

Let's call it an annulment instead.  ;-)
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john-thomas
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