[mdlug] Looking for distro experts

[James Kissel]

  On 01/25/2012 01:34 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 10:52 -0500, Garry Stahl wrote:
>>> I am looking for people who are experienced users in any of these areas who
>>> might be willing to come present at Washtenaw Linux Users Group:
>>> 3. openSUSE
> That's what I use on the desktop.
>
>> What exactly do you wish them to explian?  The average distrobution is
>> little other than it's mangment software.
> +1 They are 99.44% the same software.  **WAY** to much attention is paid
> to distributions.  And in general they aren't very interesting;  they
> pretty much differ [slightly] in their package manager and the attitude
> they take towards adopting new versions of major packages and how they
> interface with upstream.
Also a major consideration for some distros is copyright, particularly 
if they are hosted in the USA.  Many drivers may be excluded from the 
'standard' release as they might/do infringe.