On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 02:11:22PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting kevin lyda (kevin+dated+1120422278.f41ebb at ie.suberic.net):
> > so after that long thread, i'm wondering what braun thinks of his choice.
> >
> > no, no, not the distro choice; his choice of ilug as a place to email
> > a question about linux distros...
> Are you suggesting that there's at least one on-line Linux forum on the
> globe where soliciting "Suggestions for best 64 bit [sic] Linux distro"
> would _not_ constitute the hapless posting of flamebait?
what can i say, i'm a pisces, i dream a lot. dreaming or not, i do
think a nearly 100 message thread on it borders on farce.
> Someone with a bit more common sense _might_ have posted "Here's the
> Linux distros I'm aware of, so far, with active x86_64 ports: Ubuntu,
> Kubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, SUSE, RHEL, CentOS, Tao Linux,
> Scientific Linux, CRUX, Lineox, cAos-2, RockLinux, Knoppix64, Slamd64
> (Slackware), StartCom, SourceMage, Rocks, rpath Linux, Kanotix, White
> Box. Any others worth mentioning?"
it would be nice to get some ideas of what people are using. if you
want to use a distro that will have local support, i think the question
has some merit.
kevin
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