[wplug] comparing distros (was: iso small distros)

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Sun Dec 9 14:20:12 EST 2001


Tim Quinlan wrote:
> try distrowatch.com

Hmmm ... looks good, but doesn't go into the detail he was looking for ...
know of anything else?
(you may want to re-read the comments below ...)

>>Elwin Green wrote:
>>>The key word there is "detailed". All that I've read so far comes down to
>>>statements like "distro x is easier to install," or "distro y is better
>>>for the enterprise." I'm looking for something that would say, "distro x
>>>uses runlevel 4 for a graphical login, and distro y uses runlevel 5," or
>>>"distro x and distro y both place xFree's config file in location abc,
>>>and distro z places it in location def." Or for that matter - something
>>>that would tell me the functional difference, if any,  between a deb and
>>>an rpm (and not just tell me that one format is debian's and the other is
>>>red hat's).

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Bill Moran
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