[luau] Which Distribution To Go With

[R. Scott Belford]

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 09:43, Warren Togami wrote:

> Debian is fine, however it is absurd to recommend *BSD for end-user
> desktops.

This is really missing the point, and calling it "absurd" sure doesn't
add to the civility, Warren.  Find below the original poster's comment. 
I picked up on two things: he was an early Slackware user, and he is
hosting the websites of a few organizations.  I see nothing about
end-user desktop here.  If that is the intended use, then I agree that
suggesting a *bsd is not appropriate. I certainly wouldn't call the
suggestion absurd.  If I did, I would add the the quality of the post by
stating why.  

Any early and successful user of Slackware should be able to migrate to
a *bsd.

--scott

On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 20:24, John Johnson wrote:
> Hmm...I just got the email from Red Hat today stating that my free
> distribution will reach its end-of-life in the next quarter. Not being
> aware of the current RH prices, I went over to the site to look at how
> much a low-end subscription would run. It seems starting prices are
> $349. Since I am running a couple personal and a couple charity sites,
I
> can't afford to shell out that kind of cash every year. So I guess
it's
> time to go distribution shopping again. Any suggestions? I have heard
a
> lot of people mention Debian. The only other distribution I ever used
> was Slackware back in the early to mid 90s. Thanks for any input you
can
> give.