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Re: the alternative OS ..

__/ [ croaker ] on Tuesday 29 May 2007 10:06 \__

> On Mon, 28 May 2007 01:39:08 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Sunday 27 May 2007 17:54 \__
>> 
>>> "there's never been a better time to buy an alternative OS"
>>> 
>>> "Take Ubuntu Linux. This has rapidly become one of the most popular
>>> Linux distributions, and with pretty good reason. Installation is a snap
>>> ? just a few clicks and you?re up and running"
>>> 
>>> http://www.e-academy.ltd.uk/news/news.asp?NewsID=113
>> 
>> Equivalent != surrogate != alternative != cheap replacement.
>> 
>> Needs some work on terminology there. :-)
> 
> ubuntu isn't bad but it has aways to go before it is as good as mandriva.

MEPIS and PCLinuxOS are enticing. There are also the more commercialised
Linux distributions, but there's nothing like a community distro where the
users' voice counts.

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