Re: Knoppix is Not Debian

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 02/09/04

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    On Monday 09 February 2004 02:50 am, Katipo wrote:
    > Yes, I read that article. I'm afraid that I don't place much credence
    > in the reviewers' assessment ability.

    To quote the author from the final article in the series:

    "Another thing for certain: just looking at the score doesn't begin to do
    justice to the distributions. They are all very good."

    > He finished by stating that Libranet was totally unsuitable for a
    > newbie.

    Actually, he said "This distro is not the best choice for noobies." Here
    are some of the good things he said about LibraNet:

    "I cannot fault LibraNet for their selection of default applications...I
    think they made good choices."

    "What they did was provide AdminMenu, a wonderful tool which in my eyes is
    their great piece de resistance. It handles just about all the system
    admin chores I am likely to ever need"

    "[LibraNet] has the single most impressive configuration tool of any
    distribution I've seen - not just the ones included in this series. The
    LibraNet AdminMenu is a clean, elegant, powerful tool for tuning just
    about every aspect of your system."

    As for why LibraNet did not score so well compared to the others:

    "LibraNet does not do all the hand-holding and babysitting the others do,
    and it is that babysitting and hand-holding that form the basis for
    comparison."

    Of course, that is just the author's opinion - he openly stated that
    someone with different criteria would likely put LibraNet at the top.

    > I have friends that have extolled the virtues of Mepis, and not having
    > tried it, I am in no position to judge, but as a distro that introduces
    > the newbie to aspects like partitioning, installation (incorporating
    > familiarisation with your hardware), and finishing up with a stable,
    > secure and very comprehensive system, I think that Libranet would be
    > very hard to beat.

    So is MEPIS, and MEPIS has the bonus of being easier for the average
    end-user to install, without hiding the advanced control more skilled
    users would want.

    Adam 

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