Subj : Re: Windows vs Linux
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Fri Apr 22 2022 20:25:08

 Ar>  > There are too many "choices" of distro, and most are unecessary.  A lot
 Ar>  > difference is just in defaults, stylistic differences.  The only differ
 Ar>  > that I think is significant, is package management, which having used b
 Ar>  > Debian and Fedora, isn't that much of a difference.  Distros that are d
 Ar>  > to run very differently, such as Puppy Linux do offer something signifi
 Ar>  > different.
 Ar>  > 
 Ar> 
 Ar> That is true somewhat.
 Ar> 
 Ar> Most general purpose distributions which are themselves derivative of
 Ar> general purpose distributions are pretty much the same to me. The
 Ar> innovation is in the original distributions that act as parents for
 Ar> others and in niche distributions.
 Ar> 
 Ar> I think there is value in "appliance" distributions designed to be
 Ar> solutions to specific problems, like that old Linux Gaming one. You
 Ar> could just take a DVD with that to a party and netboot a bunch of
 Ar> computers from it and have an awesome birthday, for example.
 Ar> 

Not mention the 'spins', like Lubuntu, Kunbuntu, Xubuntu, etc.  The appliance distros are pretty cool, I used one called eMovix.  You would burn it on a disk with movie files, boot of the disk (CD/DVD) and you'll get a menu where you can select which file to play, and play it.

Some distros are innovative, such as Arch Linux and Puppy Linux.  I used to have Puppy Linux on a USB stick, and had a portable Linux I could use and boot wherever I went.  Could use it as a rescue disk too.

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