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   Adam to Aragorn   
   Re: Mandriva SA to transfer distro to an   
   23 May 12 19:08:16   
   
   From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Wednesday 23 May 2012 00:41, Adam conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   We seem to be drifting onto "choosing a distro" here....   
      
   > Okay, so you've got room for...   
   >   
   >       ° Mandriva,   
   >       ° Mageia,   
   >       ° PCLinuxOS, and   
   >       ° openSUSE   
   >   
   > Those four seem the closest related.   
      
   Well, it /may/ turn out that the best distro for me isn't related at   
   all, maybe Slackware or FreeBSD or something.  It does make sense to   
   start looking with something similar, though.   
      
   > Of course, some could argue that openSUSE would be less related   
      
   What about their (former?) connection with Novell?  What's SuSe's   
   reputation because of that?   
      
   Adam   
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