Linked by Anthony Hicks on Tue 8th Apr 2003 16:17 UTC
This (quite long) article has been written by me for two primary reasons: One, to hopefully save someone else the time and hassle associated with trying out various Linux distributions, and two, to promote some discussion and feedback regarding what a modern Linux distribution should be, and of course to contrast this with what is currently available. I am exploring the offerings of MS Windows, BeOS and MacOSX, and then taking on a number of well-known Linux distributions.
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This article was great for the most part. Anthony Hicks seems to be a good writer, and (amazingly) I spotted no grammatical or spelling errors in the parts I read!!!
His comments were accurate concerning Windows, Linux, and OSX. I enjoyed it a lot and I think he and I would agree on most everything if we were discussing these issues in person.
Then, for some reason at the end he decided to go through reviewing linux distros. This was an awful idea. As Darius pointed out, it is incomplete. Also he "reviews" distros he hasn't tried, such as Gentoo, and as opposed to writing a real Sorceror review he simply mentions that he used it at one time and that he thinks the terminology they use is dumb (it is).
My reccomendation to anyone who hasn't read this yet, read up until the Redhat chapter, then stop.