Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 21:51:46 +0100 From: "James Arthur" <arfa@www.jado.org> To: <info@suse.de>, <webmaster@debian.org>, <faq-maintainer@redhat.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <webmaster@slackware.com>, <info@calderasystems.com> Subject: SuSE Linux specifications Message-ID: <004f01be7c81$8d9f3800$6a4d08c3@arfa>
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Dear Linux Distributor, Since I started using Linux a few months ago, I have found it extremely difficult to work out which distribution is for me. There is a brief description on www.linux.org, but what I am really after is a direct comparison between distributions - perhaps in the form of a table. I cannot seem to find such a beast anywhere (although I have looked). What I am planning to do is to obtain specifications of the latest major Linux distributions (SuSE, RedHat, Debian, Slackware, Caldera, and the FreeBSD Distribution). I will then tabulate the results, so that a direct comparison of distributions can be obtained. The table will appear on my website so that other Linux newbies can choose the best distribution for themselves first time, rather than go through several distibutions until they find one they like. I would like the specifications of the latest official version released (or the next revision if one is planned for within the next month or two). The information I require is as follows: * Distribution version and revision date * Supplied kernel * Supported processors (and whether enhancements for MMX, P2/3, K6-2/3 etc are directly supported) * Supported hardware (soundcards, SCSI, network, printers, parallel drives etc.) * libc/glibc version * C/C++ compiler version (and whether it is gnu or ecgs) * Default shell (version number) * X Windows? (and what version of XFree86) * Is KDE or GNOME supplied? * Setup utility (name and version) * Price (and if it is available for free download) * Amount of supplied software (total amount in MB, and a few of the more impressive items) * Support Options * Other features that make your distribution stand out * Anything else you think should be mentioned I will, obviously, put links to respective websites along with any logos of your company (if I can find them). This is, as I have said, for the Linux community in general to use (I feel I must contribute something to the community), and I would appreciate it if you could send me this information quickly, or tell me where I can find all of the information above. Thankyou for your time, James Arthur <==> arfa@jado.org http://www.jado.org/users/arfa/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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