Re: Knoppix is Not Debian
On Monday 09 February 2004 02:50 am, Katipo wrote:
> Yes, I read that article. I'm afraid that I don't place much credence
> in the reviewers' assessment ability.
To quote the author from the final article in the series:
"Another thing for certain: just looking at the score doesn't begin to do
justice to the distributions. They are all very good."
> He finished by stating that Libranet was totally unsuitable for a
> newbie.
Actually, he said "This distro is not the best choice for noobies." Here
are some of the good things he said about LibraNet:
"I cannot fault LibraNet for their selection of default applications...I
think they made good choices."
"What they did was provide AdminMenu, a wonderful tool which in my eyes is
their great piece de resistance. It handles just about all the system
admin chores I am likely to ever need"
"[LibraNet] has the single most impressive configuration tool of any
distribution I've seen - not just the ones included in this series. The
LibraNet AdminMenu is a clean, elegant, powerful tool for tuning just
about every aspect of your system."
As for why LibraNet did not score so well compared to the others:
"LibraNet does not do all the hand-holding and babysitting the others do,
and it is that babysitting and hand-holding that form the basis for
comparison."
Of course, that is just the author's opinion - he openly stated that
someone with different criteria would likely put LibraNet at the top.
> I have friends that have extolled the virtues of Mepis, and not having
> tried it, I am in no position to judge, but as a distro that introduces
> the newbie to aspects like partitioning, installation (incorporating
> familiarisation with your hardware), and finishing up with a stable,
> secure and very comprehensive system, I think that Libranet would be
> very hard to beat.
So is MEPIS, and MEPIS has the bonus of being easier for the average
end-user to install, without hiding the advanced control more skilled
users would want.
Adam
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