[techtalk] Different Linuxes - what's the difference?

[Henti Smith]

> All my experience (limited as it is) is with BSDI Unix and 
> Red Hat. Having watched the ^H thread, I have become curious -- what, if 
> any, are the most noticeable differences between the various flavours of 
> Linux?

here is a quick breakdown .. 

	location of some files ( userspace, config, other arb things)
	syntax in commands ( there are small differences
	C libs used.
	startup system ( System V or something else can't remember )
	
> There is sime self-interest involved.  I am saving uip for an 
> (off-line) basic UNIX box, and will end up buying a CD.  Thus, the 
> diference between RdHat, SUSe, Slack et alia might be important, given my 
> priorities for learning (perl on a machine where messing up has limited 
> consequences).

if you setup the system for users to have little effect on the system ..
this should not be a proble regardless of what dist you use.

> But, I also think it would be of general interest, ne?

sure thing .. 

for a nice spread of things ... have a look at mandrake ( redhat based ),
S.U.S.E, and for a nice twist .. freeBSD :) 

Henti / bain

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