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Kudos Leroy! > Hi All, > > PLUG is the Philadelphia Linux Users Group, and not a Linux distribution users > group. It does not matter what distribution that you choose to use, but the > important thing is that the distribution that you are using meets your needs and > desires. > > With Linux you have a huge choice of options about everything, whereas in some > other operating systems you get what you get. Also there are minor differences > between distributions, but most of the config files will be found in /etc. If > you know one distribution, then you can work on any of the distributions that > are currently available. > > So I see the petty argument that my distribution is better than your should not > even be discussed on this list. We are all Linux users and that is our common > bond. Some like RedHat, while others like Slakware or Debian. But the main > theme should be for helping the person who is having difficulty with their > system or a program. > > Let's rise above our differences and concentrate on our strengths and likeness. > > "Michael W. Ryan" wrote: > > > > On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Mental wrote: > > > > > Whats the point of this entire thread? > > > > Because Darxus accidentally hit a nerve with his "unless you use debian" > > response, and the discussion quickly degenerated into some people > > explaining to how apt-get works (thank for the explanation, BTW). > > > > The "nerve" (and no, it's not worth aplogizing over. I should apologize > > for responding snippily) is the incredulity that I tend to encounter when > > PLUG members discover that I use Red Hat and am happy with it and that I > > script in Python and have no desire whatsoever to learn Perl. I feel that > > I am continually expected to defend my choices. Debian isn't the only > > good distribution out there and Perl isn't the end all and be all of > > scripting languages. > > > > Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000 > > mryan@netaxs.com | Convention of Otaku Generation > > http://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/ > > > > PGP fingerprint: 7B E5 75 7F 24 EE 19 35 A5 DF C3 45 27 B5 DB DF > > PGP public key available by fingering mryan@unix.netaxs.com (use -l opt) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > > -- > 0 0 L & R Associates > " Home Page: http://www.netaxs.com/~ldc/ > _______ooO ~ Ooo_______________________________________________ > > LeRoy D. Cressy /\_/\ mailto:ldc@netaxs.com > Computer Consulting ( o.o ) Phone (215) 535-4037 > > ^ < Fax (215) 535-4285 > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Voicenet WebMail. http://www.voicenet.com/webmail/ _______________________________________________ PLUG maillist - PLUG@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug