"The amazing creative frenzy that characterizes Linux is both a blessing and a curse: a blessing in providing a multitude of different Linux distributions to choose from, and a curse in providing a multitude of different Linux distributions to choose from.
"The great thing about any general-purpose Linux, such as Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Gentoo, and so forth, is any of them can be tailored to serve any need: server, firewall, desktop, engineering workstation--it's all there to do with as you need. But this array of choices is rather bewildering--how is a hardworking geek to know which one to use...?"
