Third Choice of Linux Distro?

[Brian Kelsay]

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> For you, Leo, my recommendation would be to build a Linux From Scratch 
> installation.  That way there are no conspiracies, there is no-one to blame 
> but yourself for anything that's not the way you want it to be.  You get 
> exactly what you decide to get.

And when he asks what car he should buy, you reply, why not build your 
own?  It'll only take you 3 weeks longer.  I'd only do it on a dare, 
when I had no pressing engagements.  I wouldn't wish a full Gentoo build 
on someone unless they actively sought it out on their own like I did. 
Reserve a week of evenings and it's doable.  Oh, yeah.  Don't emerge 
world too soon, some minor update to X will throw you into a multi hour 
or multi day upgrade.  I grant you that there is a lot to be learned 
from a LFS or Gentoo build, but I won't do it again soon.  I'll save my 
energy for a Knoppix remaster.

It's Debian in some form for me.  Knoppix, Morphix, Mepis, DamnSmall, 
Flonix.  SystemRescueCD is good too, based on Gentoo. And I like IPCop 
on the firewall, based on RedHat 7.3.

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