[TriLUG] Follow-up: why do you run multiple distros?

[Tim Jowers]

  I think all of the major distros are very, very good these days. Don't
think you can go wrong with any of them.

  Running CentOS 4.2 as X is still 6.x and that was needed for the driver
for my touchscreen monitor (GVision, serial port connected. Works great).
Running FC6 elsewhere to be able to easily install near latest packages such
as cinelerra non-linear video editor. Perfer to spend time learning to use
the apps rather than how to compile them - I've spent enough of my life
doing the latter!

Actually, I usually install the latest kernel every few weeks. Build it.
Maybe add in the webcam drivers. And that's what I run on my desktop. That
said, my laptop has vanilla FC6 (2869). It's too old and slow to muck with
rebuilds and installs.

   I looked at Ubuntu 6.10, OpenSUSE 10.2, Mandriva 2006, and FC 6 and could
not discern a reason to choose one over the other for me. Of course a fresh
install of FC6 requires adding livna or other repositories and uupdating the
software. One could argue the out-of-the-box install of Ubuntu works better
for the mutlimedia. Went with FC6 to have skill/knowledge of RedHat's
offering. Some people like the integrated management app of SUSE. At some
point dickering with GUI's is dickering with GUI's not matter what OS or
distro you are running. Gnome is very nice because of how I can customize
the desktop. Funny to demo that I can make it LaF like Windows with a
handful of manoevers.

My $.02,
TimJowers


On 4/20/07, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu> wrote:
>
> All right, so I have a follow-up question. Why do y'all use different
> distributions for different machines? Doesn't it get confusing?
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