On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Ian Stuart wrote:
> Chris de Weth wrote: > > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why so much people use Red > > Hat linux? > As a newbie to this arena, my impression is that RedHat has a better > public profile. > > As we all know, public profiles & reality often differ... I may add that red hat CD's are easier to find than debian ones (well in France). > > I'm thinking of going to use Linux at work, so security is quite > > important. From a friend I just got this list address, and I don't know > > where to ask this question to Red Hat users. Maybe someone can tell me > > what distribution is better? > >From my own experience (a portable using a PCMCIA network adapter), > > RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed > to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_ > superior.. Just a correction : debian now only needs 1 floppy to install if your CDrom is quite standard. If it is not the case, you will need 2 floppies (the rescue disk and the drivers disks which contain drivers for all CDroms). In my humble opinion, there is no great difference between installing a debian or a red hat distribution, but upgrading a debian one is far easier. Moreover a debian installation is able to install redhat packages, the reverse is false. So I would advise to use debian, and if you need something that can only be found in redhat, you'll be able to install it without any problem. Isabelle Perinelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
