Hi All,

I think, the majority of people opting to use a non-mainstream OS like
GNU/Linux do so for a good reason, and those who use it to look geeky
and to impress, simply cannot persevere when problems crop up and take
a good deal of effort to resolve. In the latter type of users, I
include 'geeky' youths who want to impress their peers, and also any
adult who is temporarily deeply disappointed with Windows.

The particular reason I have in mind, is choice. Linux users who
persevere for years using it, choose Linux to use an OS and a tool kit
that is different from other OSs and toolkits. That is why they stick
with it, as choice is their deep lying motivator.

Edward

On 02/11/2015, Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:57:25 +0300
> Mitt Green <mitt_green@???> wrote:
>
>> ‎There are some more I believe. As Fredrik Rinnestam of
>> CRUX  said
>> "Switch to systemd? over my dead body", we can count this.
>
> Thanks. I didn't know this. I'll check it out.
>
>>
>> I think we should count NetBSD here as the folks there
>> try to maintain the philosophy, keeping things simple
>> and minimal. I will write to them about it.
>
> If you can actually install a functional NetBSD, you're much more
> skilled than I. After about 4 hours playing whack-a-mole with NetBSD
> problems precluding a barely functional machine, I gave up.
>
>>
>> There is also Alpine which uses BusyBox.
>
> I didn't know this. Thanks. I'll check it out.
>
>>
>> There is also Puppy/Quirky
>> (http://bkhome.org/news/?viewDetailed=00114).
>
> The last time I used Puppy it was a different kind of Linux: Not much
> available software: Its claim to fame is it could run in tiny RAM
> situations. But you wouldn't run your business on it.
>
> Thanks for the excellent info!
>
> SteveT
>
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