[PLUG] Distributions

[Dan Young]

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 6:16 PM, drew wymore <drew.wymore at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've never really understood the distro smackdowns honestly. I think the one
> thing that irks me most is the long held and I believe false idea that
> certain distros support certain hardware while others don't. Given that
> hardware support is a kernel thing, 3rd party modules like
> madwifi/nvidia/ati not withstanding. I do believe redhat does incorporate
> some non-mainline kernel bits that do support certain features not found in
> other distros but they release patches that would allow anyone to add $x
> support.

I think there's plenty to differentiate distros, and as you say, it's
generally not hardware support. Freedom, distance from upstream,
community, frequency of release, and stability are a few of the real
differences, IMO.

-- 
Dan Young