Linked by Tarun Agnani on Thu 5th Aug 2004 18:45 UTC
Linux Yoper Linux V2 was released a few weeks ago (July 13, 2004). After reading the release announcement on Yoper's website, I decided I had to try it. Yoper claims that version V2 "is the fastest Out-of-the-Box Linux system in the World".
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Changing distros all the time
by dr_gonzo on Thu 5th Aug 2004 21:18 UTC

There seem to be lots of Linux users who regularly try out different distros. Is this saying something about Linux, i.e. no distro so far has been 100% satisfying or is it that some people actually have a hobby of installing distros?

If it's the first point, then why don't they try out something different? No matter what distro you choose, you're gonna have, more or less, the same software choices and once you've got stuff set up, you don't really need to niggle around in the OS's underpinnings so all distros are essentially the same.

If it's the second point, well, aren't you wasting your time? I mean, installing an OS is hardly the most exciting thing to do, especially now as distros are getting easier and easier to install and are thus less and less involving. If you like to muck about with computers, why not try and learn a new programming language? You'll actually learn new things and you may get a job out of it ;)

I'm not trolling here, just curious, that's all.