On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

> > Since you're realitively new to linux I'd recommend mandrake or SuSE. Once
> > you feel more comfortable you can migrate to slackware, debian or one of
> > the other more obscure distros. You may even decide you like FreeBSD
> 
> uh oh, distro war coming...
> 
> to head off some of the flameage, I'm going to suggest that you just get a
> bunch of different distros; and try them all out. or come to an installfest,
> and watch people try different distros out. 

I personally like using Yaron's method when choosing a distro: burn off
all the distros you're considering, throw them in the
dishwasher.  Whichever one survives is the right one for you.  If none
survive, stick with what you're running :-)

-Brian