Re: PCMag: Xandros and SuSE are top Linux distros

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 14:24, mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> Today PC Magazine ( see http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1369452,00.asp )
> rated Xandros Desktop OS V1.1 together with the latest
> SuSE 9.0 as the top Linux distro.
> Xandros v2.0 is nearing release, and is even better than the v1.1 they compared
> it against. Also odd that they included Lindows 4.0, SuSE 9.0 and RH9 (all
> relatively new releases) but not Mandrake 9.2 or even Mandrake 9.1.

They would have been better to compare to Red Hat Fedora Core 1, fka Red
Hat Linux 10.  But at this point, it's getting difficult to compare
apples-to-apples in the Linux world anyway.

> Also, that there were three Debian-based distributions, but only two RPM-based
> distributions.  See the scorecard here:
> http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/4/0,3363,sz=1&i=46500,00.gif
> See the article frontpage here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1373308,00.asp

I'm pulling for Xandros because we need a solid, Debian-based commercial
distribution for corporations.  Sure, large enterprises can
roll-their-own Debian releases, which is what I believe HP does
internally, or major consulting firms like IBM.

But for more Small-to-Medium Businesses (SMBs), the Debian world would
benefit from a RHEL or SuSE Professional equivalent.  That's not to say
Debian is "not as good" -- far from it.  And there is support out
there.  But it would be good to see someome take-a-lead other than
Lindows, which is far too much marketing fluff.

Just my $0.02.  I run RHL/Fedora/RHEL pretty much everywhere, but don't
expect others to see the same what I do.


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