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Message: 8 To: main@lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk Subject: Re: [Alug] Introduction Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 12:58:52 GMT

Laurie Brown laurie@brownowl.com wrote:

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[No, this isn't a troll, all you Debian fans!]

Ohhhhh yes it is! Not matter what the allegations of being obscure/oddly configured by default, not having 24/7 telephone support hotlines or not using "standard" (hah! v3/v4 split anyone?) RPMs, you can *NOT* be serious in accusing Debian of slow security responses. security.debian.org is normally right up there with the other good distributors and the automatic service is second to none!

woa!! I didn't mean to (re)start the distro wars!! :o)

I suspect all of the various distros have their pros and cons, but the thing that attracts me to the open source idea is that you should be able to obtain enough background knowledge to get whatever you need (want?) from Linux. That's why LFS is so attractive to me at the moment. The main problem, I suspect, is where you want to get to and which distro (if any) is the best place to start from? ["Then, if I were you I wouldn't start from here." :o) ]

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