[ltp] thinkpad 310ED

[Tod Harter]

Personally I think most Distros have some great things about them. Debian has 
its strengths, but what I'd like to see is a combining of the strenghts of 
several existing distros into one "Linux base standard" that will end a lot 
of the insanity going on now. 

On Tuesday 23 October 2001 14:38, you wrote:
> > > Though debian is purely GPL, I would not dare to call it unstable. It
> > > is perhaps the most stable of all Linux (another "hobbyist" effort :) )
> > > distros. Most experienced admins go for Debian as their first choice.
> > > And something that is that stable cannot be in justice called a
> > > "hobbyist effort". If anything, it shows professionalism.
> >
> > I'm very disappointed in your comments being so off based.
> > This is a notebook arena and not a distro arena.
>
> Agreed.
>
> > And you have insulted my distro of choice sir and I demand satisfaction!
> >   I demand flinging CD's at 20 paces!
> >
> :-)
> :
> > Seriously,  I selected debian because it seemed at the time to have
> > excellent support for notebook wants (apm, irda, pcmcia).  Maybe not
> > bleeding edge, but ease of installation and support available.
> >
> > I recognize your right to advocate one distro. -- but please refrain
>
> I do not think I advocated Debian. I mentioned that I am a Redhat user.
>
> > from making negative comments about others.  It's bad for the Linux
>
> Kindly list the negative comments I made (somewhat surprised as I listed
> the *positive* aspects of Debian).
>
> > Community as a whole.
> >
> > BTW - one of my fondest aspects of Debian is the apt-get uptility.  This
> > has been recognized as probably the best package management utility
> > available to Linux.  It rocks!
>
> Agreed.
>
>
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