From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752516Ab0LYTCz (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:02:55 -0500 Received: from mail-qw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]:59218 "EHLO mail-qw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751438Ab0LYTCy convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:02:54 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=S/XHClpFKFyordtft3VhCY2nN3/S3fGoPxPKPdNcN51s/x8TvcM0r+Uos61fL88aeH psNQsWNbXSLGRKhTgP4whIzHT7SleFBHv4UvGu0Mh13vXH99D8gQ+/gKoVKKZHAaCX7+ pkVVQZDjKWvZ8xs9wdo3JZo4jlCj+yfW+sf4Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20101225155027.GA4076@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> References: <20101225155027.GA4076@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:02:50 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux distribution From: Zimny Lech To: Andreas Mohr Cc: Ozgur Karatas , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ave 2010/12/25 Andreas Mohr : > 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). Agreed - it doesn't really matter. But if he want a distro that is used by developers, he may want to take a look at page 13 of http://www.linuxfoundation.org/docs/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf top kernel contributors by company. I don't see anything related to distros that you proposed :P > > HTH, > > Andreas Mohr > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Slawa! Zimny "Spie dziadu!" Lech z Wawelu Hej, tam! Wydar³em klejnot szans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXWTlYzVFUA