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What is your favorite Linux distro?
Post 302112761 by sliceanddice214 on Friday 30th of March 2007 03:14:28 AM
03-30-2007
What is the best Distro? Hmmm...
For me, anything with the Debian packaging system will do. I have been using Debian for quite some time now (still a newbie though 
), and I'm quite impressed with its improvements. I also give credit to DSL, that Darn Small Penguin really works wonders. DSL rocks! I use it as a troubleshooting tool when I fix Windoze PCs. It helps in determining whether PC problems are hardware-based or software-based. I have also tried and install Solaris, FreeBSD, and Red Hat but I kinda discontinued it because I had difficulties installing it 
. But I still plan on continuing to try and use them 
. For me, what is important is the flexibility of the kernel, a packging system that I can use well, and a good hardware/software interface that maximizes the potential of the system.
aEtherv0id
Windoze XP / Debian GNU/Linux Dual Boot
AMD Duron 700 MHz
256 MB RAM
), and I'm quite impressed with its improvements. I also give credit to DSL, that Darn Small Penguin really works wonders. DSL rocks! I use it as a troubleshooting tool when I fix Windoze PCs. It helps in determining whether PC problems are hardware-based or software-based. I have also tried and install Solaris, FreeBSD, and Red Hat but I kinda discontinued it because I had difficulties installing it . But I still plan on continuing to try and use them . For me, what is important is the flexibility of the kernel, a packging system that I can use well, and a good hardware/software interface that maximizes the potential of the system. aEtherv0id
Windoze XP / Debian GNU/Linux Dual Boot
AMD Duron 700 MHz
256 MB RAM
Last edited by sliceanddice214; 03-30-2007 at 04:18 AM.. Reason: wrong spelling
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Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distros - Information retrieved from the various Linux and other distributions SYNOPSIS
The metrics here are based on data provided by the various downstream packaging systems. DESCRIPTION
Methods order Defines the order in which Kwalitee tests should be run. analyse kwalitee_indicators Returns the Kwalitee Indicators datastructure. o distributed_by_debian True if the module (package) is repackaged by the Debian-Perl team and you can install it using the package management system of Debian. o latest_version_distributed_by_debian True if the latest version of the module (package) is repackaged by Debian o has_no_bugs_reported_in_debian True for if the module is distributed by Debian and no bugs were reported. o has_no_patches_in_debian True for if the module is distributed by Debian and no patches applied. Caveats CPAN_dist, the name of CPAN distribution is inferred from the download location, for Debian packages. It works 99% of the time, but it is not completely reliable. If it fails to detect something, it will spit out the known download location. CPAN_vers, the version number reported by Debian is inferred from the debian version. This fails a lot, since Debian has a mechanism for "unmangling" upstream versions which is non-reversible. We have to use that many times to fix versioning problems, and those packages will show a different version (e.g. 1.080 vs 1.80) The first problem is something the Debian people like to solve by adding metadata to the packages, for many other useful stuff (like automatic upstream bug tracking and handling). About the second... well, it's a difficult one. CPANTS does not yet handle the second issue. LINKS
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