On 18 Jan, S.Toms wrote:

"Vicente A.S. Werner" wrote:

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I would stick with SuSe for many reasons despite RedHat been the standard. Standard doesn't mean better, if you are not convinced have a look at Windoze.

I really agree with you , maybe redhat it's the standard but from my experience isn't the best. The truth is that RH 5.2 has lost appeal to me and I rather use RH 5.1 or some derivation of it than the last 5.2. And as you say Standard doesn't mean better, I think it does mean, old, less able, minimun and this is to my taste incompatable with best or high performance.

When did RH become the standard? From what I've seen they deviated from the file structure standards (am I wrong here?) I think the reason they are being thought of as the standard is only because they seem to be more in the lime-light than the other distro's here in America because of the various companies putting money into RH and the various press stories about them always popping up.

I think the common perception has been that they are the standard and that when one is a "standard" they define the standard. How can the standard deviate from the standard? I pose this only rhetorically as I know the answer as well as everyone does. They are not the standard; there is no standard. So if you have a non-standard standard, it is logically a faux passe. Cannot be. I therefore submit that redhat cannot be or define a standard. As far as their work, I think they have done quite a bit to bring linux to a common, every person's system. This has to happen with linux; it has to adapt, change. Redhat was needed to bring this process along. Now,its time to see how other distributions, even operating systems, define themselves. Redhat has provided a starting point from which other end users besides the classic linux user could start from. Now we see regular ole end user types wanting a taste. We had better find common ways and means to enhance delivery and installation of software. Telling a new person to configure, make, and make install and watch the failed this ignob.s not in x11/def.s is not gonna make it for long. Only my VP of course. Of course, it all depends on what your vision of linux is and whether there could ever be such a thing as a "standard." -- Michael E. Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>