Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ JPB ] on Wednesday 02 August 2006 21:21 \__
>
>> Stuart Krivis wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:21:09 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The hard way:
>>>>
>>>>,----[ Microsoft unveils Vista upgrade matrix ]
>>>>| Microsoft has already laid the groundwork for confusion over the
>>>>| release of Windows Vista, with their announcement that the new
>>>>| operating system will come in as many as seven different versions.
>>>>`----
>>>>
>>>> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060730-7384.html
>>>>
>>>>The easy (and free/Free) way:
>>>>
>>>> http://distrowatch.com/
>>>
>>> Yes, because picking a distro from amongst hundreds is simpler than
>>> picking a version of Vista. :-)
>
>
> The list clearly gets the distributions ranked and categoried. If you know
> your needs, you will be heading in the right direction. Since it's free,
> you will have the option to change you mind without heavy regrets or
> problems.
>
>
>>> I do think that the multiple versions of Vista could cause a lot of
>>> confusion. But I'm not so sure that just pointing people at
>>> distrowatch.com simplifies things or is "easy."
>>>
>>
>> Distrowatch isn't a bad place to start, for anyone. Plenty of stuff to
>> browse, and links to follow. Also there's a reason why Ubuntu is #1 in
>> the page hit ranking, and looking at the first five I see:
>> #1 Ubuntu
>> #2 SUSE
>> #3 Fedora
>> #4 MEPIS
>> #5 Mandriva
>>
>> all of which are also good places to start, together with lots of links
>> to browse.
>>
>> What's not to like?
>
>
> SCO UNIX.
well, it'd be Caldera OpenLinux (hangonaminute, isn't the Linux kernel and a
large proportion of the appland code distributed under the GPL? In which
case, SCO is over a barrel 'cos they claim full copyright ownership on the
2.4 eDesktop/eServer releases of /all/ the code pertaining to said
releases! It's there, in black and white, not only on the back of the box,
but also inside the front cover of the manuals).
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