[NTLUG:Discuss] DistroWatch 10 Most Popular Linux Distros

[Dennis Myhand]

Stephen Davidson wrote:
> You should not need to be a Linux Guru, and a programmer on whatever
> software you are trying to use, just to use Linux -- a situation I am
> finding too often when I try to upgrade or use something.  I would love
> to be able to just install something, set any required configurations
> (preferably in sysconfig if its a service), and then start it and have
> it work.

This has been my main complaint about Linux since 1999 when I first 
loaded RedHat 5.0.  I don't necessarily what to learn how to program 
just because I want to run a better operating system.  Hence my love for 
apt.  I have had one thing fail to work using apt and that was because I 
wasn't the only one who didn't know how to program!  Since building a 
Mac G-4 I have found something else which works just as well as my OS of 
choice.  The choices in software ARE a bit more limited though.  One 
thing, Mac OS-X comes with Apache already installed, but you have to 
turn it on first..  That said, there are plenty of other things which 
run which probably should not.  Peace, Dennis