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|    Tony Langdon to Richard Menedetter    |
|    Re: Linux Daily?    |
|    08 Aug 19 12:47:00    |
      TZUTC: 1000       MSGID: 928.fido-linux@3:633/410 21b0cd43       REPLY: 2:310/31 5d4b22cb       TID: SBBSecho 3.03-Linux r3.65 Dec 31 2017 GCC 4.6.3       -=> On 08-07-19 21:10, Richard Menedetter wrote to Eric Renfro <=-               RM> Hi Eric!               RM> Regarding distros.        RM> I used Redhat because they had a great nickname for the then current        RM> distro. (Guiness ;)               RM> Ubuntu was mainly chosen because it offered easy installation of        RM> Software Defined Radio modules.        RM> (It was easier to install than other distros.)               RM> I am quit OK with Fedora.        RM> I deeply despise SUSE.               RM> I never tried Mint.              My experience with more recent distros:              CentOS I quite liked, though it's conservative in software selection.               Fedora works well, but I found my production systems lived much longer than the       rapid release cycle.              Debian is a good choice for servers, though the NetworkManager stuff can be a       bit screwy.              Mint is a nice desktop distro, which I use.              Lubuntu is good for minimal systems (netbooks, etc), and an old netbook with       Lubuntu, SyncTerm and Multimail makes a very nice BBS terminal with great       performance.              I didn't like SuSE either, or (in its day) Mandrake/Mandriva.                     ... Bah, Humbug! Don't post 'til next year. -- Moderator Christmas greet       === MultiMail/Win v0.51       --- SBBSecho 3.03-Linux        * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 226/17 227/114 229/275 354 426 452 616 1014 240/5832       SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 400 280/464 292/854 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/0       SEEN-BY: 633/267 280 281 384 410 412 509 640/1384 712/848 3828/7       PATH: 633/410 280 229/426           |
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