Author: Graeme Hilton Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Xorg is hungry today...
2009/10/6 Philip Stubbs <philip@???>: > This has given me an idea. How about at a BaB meeting, three machines
> could be setup with a base RedHat, Debian and Gentoo installation.
> Then people could have a go or be demonstrated doing common tasks in
> each system.
>
> I think we all probably have a favored distribution, and sometimes we
> simply stick with what we know. We don't all have the time or
> inclination to do extensive testing of what other distributions offer.
>
> It should help dispel out-dated opinions. If nothing else, it could
> make a lively meeting :-)
A great idea. Depending on when the next meeting is I'll volunteer a
Fedora box to undergo the rigours of apt vs yum, .rpm vs .deb and rpm
vs dpkg.
