From: catwheezel@operamail.com   
      
   On 2012-05-25, Adam  wrote:   
   > Aragorn wrote:   
   >> On Thursday 24 May 2012 01:08, 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.   
   >>   
   >> Mind you that FreeBSD is not GNU/Linux.   
   >   
   > I know; I gather that's about as far from Mandriva et al. as one can   
   > get within FOSS *nix.  I just wanted to emphasize that I'm open to   
   > trying something different with a learning curve, /if/ it turns out   
   > to be the best choice for me.   
      
   [...]   
      
   I'm getting along fairly well with Arch Linux.  I wouldn't have dared   
   try it without having a few years of Mandr[ake|iva] experience, and a   
   lot of help from the associated newsgroups, already under my belt; even   
   so, the learning curve is pretty steep.  Its main attraction is that   
   it's a 'rolling release' distro, so there's (theoretically) never a need   
   to install a new version of the whole system; upgrading is happening   
   continuously.   
      
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