Distro flamewar (was: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Linux success story)

[David McGlone]

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 03:45 pm, Jukka Y wrote:
> On Tuesday 20 April 2004 22:07, N. Thompson wrote:
> > @ndrew wrote:
> > >>linux allows this to happen without disturbing a
> > >>user sitting the machine, so we used a desktop
> > >>Linux PC at a site with fast internet connection.
> > >
> > >It's always good to see Linux being applied to solve problems, rather
> > > than start "my OS is better than your OS" arguments. ;-)
> >
> > Which reminds me, when was the last time we had a good distro flamewar?
> > Right now I don't know what distro to vote for, I'll have to decide
> > after I find a distro I like but I'm about to try slackware so hopefully
> > there won't be a long wait :-)
> >
> > Anyway just to get things started, Mandrake's no good any more ;-)
>
> Hi !
>
> I have a Windows 98 SE. It is free (it came with the computer) and I guess
> it is "opensource" too (I can open it every time I turn the power on...).
> It has all software I need and it has worked well for over 5 years now. I
> would recommend it to anyone.
>
> btw - what is "flame-war"? - can download it somewhere?

Are you serious?

David M.