[NTLUG:Discuss] Whats the most Vanilla Linux Distro...if there is such a thing

Lance Simmons lance at lsimmons.net
Thu Sep 11 15:39:57 CDT 2003


* MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com> [030911 15:04]:
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 13:31, NTLUG wrote:
> > 
> > When I say tainted...with RedHat, they tinker with everything so in
> > many cases if you get something on the internet, you are going to
> > run into some problems installing it.  I would like to find a distro
> > that doesn't have that kinda of problem.
> 
> No such thing.  All of them make changes (regardless of what anyone
> here might say).  

It's true that all distros have _some_ problems about installing random
programs one finds on the Internet.  Still, some distros are markedly
better than others in that regard.  There's a better answer to the
initial question than "no such thing".

-- 
Lance Simmons



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