"Community-oriented" distros

From: Joel Konkle-Parker (jjk3_at_msstate.edu)
Date: 11/05/03

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    With the recent launch of Red Hat's Fedora, it seems to me that we now
    have three major options for people looking for a community-based Linux
    distribution for x86: Debian, Gentoo, and Fedora.

    I'm currently using Woody, mostly because of the community aspect (just
    "feels" right to me) and the package stability system. I'm a home user
    with a new Dell laptop and no real reason to have an enterprise-quality
    product except my own peace of mind.

    So my questions:

    1. Are there other community-based distributions out there that would be
    worth a look?

    2. Which would be best for my needs? Are there other philosophical
    differences between them that I should know about (besides Gentoo's
    source-only approach)?

    Thanks for the opinions, guys. 

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