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[News] GNU/Linux an Operating Systems Candy Store

  • Subject: [News] GNU/Linux an Operating Systems Candy Store
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 03:41:21 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Why I Keep Reinstalling Linux

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| Honestly, I think the big reason I reinstall my operating system so often, is 
| simply because I can. It's free. FREE. In every sense of the word. I can 
| download the latest, coolest OS for free. I can get the bleeding edge Ubuntu 
| disk, and see what it's like.   
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1006097


Yesterday:

How and why MySQL grabbed $1bn in five weeks

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| "It has been like walking around in a candy story," Mickos said, after 
| looking over Sun's vast computing labs. 
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/18/open_season_10/


Related:

Choosing a Linux Distro, Part 2: Favorite Flavors

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| Whitney has a strong view about not getting too fanatical over the 
| differences in Linux distros. The particular flavor you select will matter 
| less than the fact that you are not using the Mac or Windows platforms.  
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http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/60835.html?welcome=1198098411


Schism

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| When someone says a recent Linux Distro is 100 times better than another 
| recent Linux distro, I worry a little that schism has lead to computer 
| religion. Taken on its face, examined rationally, you have to ask "how can 
| that be?". They all feed off the same kernel stock, and pull in the same sets 
| of office projects and same GUI projects and so forth.    
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http://on-being-open.blogspot.com/2007/09/schism.html


Staffing for Linux, not distribution X

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| What doesn’t change is that you hired them to do what they’re doing: run 
| Linux - and the next step in generality is to first recognise that Linux, the 
| BSDs, and Solaris are all variations on a theme and then to conclude that 
| people who are good with one of these are likely to be equally effective with 
| the other two.    
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=912


The distro jungle

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| People who are new to Linux are often confused by the large number of
| distributions to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore 
| most of them. This article helps you choose a distribution for getting 
| started with your Linux exploration—and helps you understand just what 
| it is you've just chosen.
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-distros/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR&ca=dgr-btw01distrojungle


Ubuntu 7.10 & Fedora 8 Performance Compared

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| The bottom line is with our hardware we had used and these common Phoronix 
| benchmarks, the performance of Fedora 8 and Ubuntu 7.10 was deadlocked. There 
| was no clear winner. If you are trying to decide between taking the Ubuntu or 
| Fedora route, you're best off looking at the distribution's features and what 
| they mean to you.     
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=912&num=1


Distros Don’t Drive Development

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| Lots of press and people focus on Linux distributions when they check out 
| what happens in Linux land. This and that distro come in new releases and 
| they offer this and that brand new feature. This is also true of the many 
| linux podcasts. They give credit to distros for new things that pop up.   
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http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2007/10/28/distros-dont-drive-development/


Why Having 500+ Distros is a Good Thing

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| Perhaps next time the author might think about what they're
| saying...because limiting the number of distros out there is
| absolutely NOT the way to go to accomplish anything other
| than limiting innovation.
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http://linux-blog.org/index.php?/archives/186-Why-Having-500+-Distros-is-a-Good-Thing.html

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