[TriLUG] steering committee vacancy

[Joel Ebel]

If you were running for the SC of a racing club people would probably 
want to know what kind of car you drive.  They might like to know some 
of your history and experience racing too.  I don't think it's any 
different.  Linux distro, like car choice, can tell you a lot about a 
candidate.  It's sort of like a political party.  Someone who choses 
Debian likely values the software freedom movement.  Someone who uses 
Slackware (like myself) probably enjoys the details and fundamentals of 
how the OS operates.  Someone who runs Gentoo probably likes optimizing 
things.  Someone who runs Mandrake probably is drawn to good user 
interfaces.  Someone who runs Ubuntu probably is interested in trying 
new things since they recently dropped whatever their latest favorite 
distro was in favor of the new kid on the block.  There's plenty more 
one can derive, but those are a few examples.

Joel

Matt Frye wrote:
>>         o  I write linux driver and app code for a living.  I have been using
>> Linux since 1994 maybe.  My first distro was Ygdrasill (spelling?).  I prefer
>> Debian and have been using it since 2000 as my distro of choice.  I use it
>> on my website http://www.skink.net.  I have kept that site up and safe from
>> script kiddies since that time as well.
> 
> No disrespect intended, but why is "distro of choice" so often part of
> the SC candidate bios?
> 
> MPF