From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 09/11/2012 11:22 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >> Also, and more important to me, is that I'm   
   >> experimenting with (and playing with and evaluating) various distros /as   
   >> shipped/, and that includes only the tools they're shipped with, if any.   
   >   
   > If that is your project definition, then you should only evaluate   
   > distros that have been released within a month or so, and with distros   
   > that are being actively developed, maybe even less.   
      
   But then that would rule out such well-liked distros as Debian with its   
   slow release cycle and Arch with its "rolling releases".  I /am/   
   sticking to distros that are still actively developed.  I don't even   
   have any formal evaluation criteria yet, and may never.  The whole thing   
   is mainly a "fun project" for a geek.   
      
   >> There are surprises as I see how other   
   >> distros have chosen to do things, because so far I'm only familiar with   
   >> Mandriva, and just migrating from Mandriva 2010.0 to 2011.0 has had its   
   >> challenges.   
   >   
   > You'll find Mageia 2 is still quite similar to Mandriva 2010.0 in the   
   > way things are done, though the gap is widening. But then, that's to be   
   > expected.   
      
   I'm sure the gap will continue widening.  Mandriva itself started as a   
   fork of Red Hat.  OTOH as you may have noticed in another thread here, I   
   just solved a problem I was having with Mandriva 2011.0 because it had   
   been reported and fixed as a Mageia 2 bug.   
      
   Adam   
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