Originally posted here by gore
*Sigh*

If you had put this in the OS forum where it belongs you probably could have seen my fat druggie ass did this :

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=253721
Linux itself is nothing but the kernel. That's why people put "Distros" of Linux together. They take the kernel, sometimes customize it, and then load it with software they think people would like.

Some software almost always comes with Linux; Vi, Emacs, Links, and Bash. All of these are included in almost every distro of Linux I've ever used.
So basically I'm right, there is no major difference other than what they bunch into the distro and the few cosmetic differences they add? So why not just release a base kernel (I'm sure they do) and let users load up the software they want? Why the need for distros... and why are you so elitist about SuSE when logically I can take Slack, install KDE, add a few icons and install a few pkgs and have the same thing basically?