On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:31 -0400, Chris Mauritz wrote:
> William Warren wrote:
>
> > That's bad to hear. I use CentOS here. I just filter out the noise.
> > All mailing lists have issues from time to time. I have yet to not
> > have a question answered in a nice manner personally.
> >
>
> Same here. The system is a joy to use, support on the list is generally
> prompt. It's unfortunate that you chose a "bad hair day" to judge the
> quality of the list readership. If you filter out the vanishingly small
> number of blowhards, the S/N is actually rather high.
>
> And if you use RHEL at work, CentOS will be a walk in the park.
That's a good point. Part of the reason why I have a good impression of
the list is frankly because I don't read it verbatim. Don't have to.
RHEL is so familiar that most of the time I just use the OS and scan the
list for anything interesting. I think it would be a shame to throw the
baby out with one day's dirty bathwater.
Part of a good distro is a good community, but the distro, thanks to Red
Hat and the hard work of Johnny, etc. stands on its own two feet as
well.
Preston
