Re: Newbie looking for a UNIX

From: Andrew Ho (andrewho_at_andrewho.co.uk)
Date: 11/18/03


Date: 18 Nov 2003 11:58:51 -0800

Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> wrote in message news:<hjb8pb.fi.ln@simonbarner.myfqdn.de>...
> > I started out this with th
> > intention of asking people to recommend a free(has to be all free
> > software, none of your RedHat here) UNIX which can run most free UNIX
> > software(read: all free software which runs on gnu/linux, I believe
> > NetBSD is quite good at that?).
>
> The standard answer to this question is: Have a try and decide on your
> own. If you ask for recommendations in an excessive X-post, they will
> usually look like this:
>
> Since you are asking in the $OS group, we recommend $OS to you, since
> it has the following advantages:
>
> #include <advantages_$OS.h>
>
> Simon

Entirely true simon. As you're in this group, I would recommend
GNU/Linux :) - as for which distro, it entirely depends on your
current level of expertise and willingness to learn.
Andrew



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