From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain(c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com[24.7.105.70]) (1748 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 15:44:37 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (cpt.kirk@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA07182 for ; Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:49:37 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: cpt.kirk owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:49:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Distro discusion In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: I am familiar with the document on where files should be placed. I don't know from first had how Debian is, but they seem to be the most compliant distribution arround. I know they try to follow the standard on file placement. They also work hard to reduce the amount of unneeded internet traffic downloading a lot of options you won't use anyway. I also like the idea of choosing what goes into your system. I have yet to take the time to try it out though. I did try Corel linux which is based off Debian. Though I liked the package concept, Corel made too many insane dependancies. For instance in Corel you can't have X without having a lot of crap. For instance it forces you to have NFS, Samba, and another file sharing mechanism. That is insane, I don't want to share files just cause I want a GUI. That is not a good connection. -- Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net ------------------ Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead