From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751833Ab0LYPua (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:50:30 -0500 Received: from rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de ([129.143.116.10]:60159 "EHLO rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751138Ab0LYPu2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:50:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:50:27 +0100 From: Andreas Mohr To: Ozgur Karatas Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux distribution Message-ID: <20101225155027.GA4076@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Priority: none User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, [picking up this orphan posting ;)] choice of Linux distribution is a quite subjective thing. Myself, I'm tending towards Debian-based distributions. If your email handle is true to the core, then perhaps Debian stable would be a good idea, otherwise choose an "easier on the user" variant like SimplyMEPIS, MINT or even Ubuntu. Reason being that with Debian installation of all kernel-related packages (build-essential, libncurses5-dev etc.) is a simple matter (which OTOH I'm sure is the case with many non-Debian distros as well). Or if you want to be right at the forefront of Linux development, then perhaps choosing a nicely integrated source-based distribution such as Arch is a good idea to always have fresh packages. But generally choice of distribution shouldn't really matter (in case one is using a capable desktop distribution, of course). HTH, Andreas Mohr