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

[Laurel Fan]

Excerpts from linuxchix: 14-Oct-99 Re: [techtalk] Different Li.. by
Ingrid Schupbach at miranda 
> Linux Journal's September issue had a nifty chart comparing the various
> Linux distributions which showed what each requires, costs, and and their
> various features.

More specifically, at:
http://207.178.22.52/lj-issues/distable.html

Some of the rows don't seem to say the same thing for all of the
distributions... someone seems to have confused platforms with binary
format, and I'd like to know exactly what "yes" means for "Media
available".

Also, the costs are a bit misleading, since almost any distribution is
available for no cost on the net and low cost from places like lsl and
cheapbytes.

What does "Group/Subgroup Packages" mean?  If it means "Has groups of
packages", then it should be yes for Debian (Unless they're referring to
the developers as a third party, in which case its just confusing.).

The "Target Consumer" is confusing as well.. what category is a server
at home, or an end user at work?

Sort of looks like they had a different person fill it in for each dist,
and that some of them were as confused as I am :) 

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