On 07/07/98 at 11:23 AM, Marcus Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >This from the Linux-newbies list:
>From: Mike Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Donald Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: Chris Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu >Subject Re: Which distribution is the best? GENERALLY? (fwd) >On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Donald Thompson wrote: >>> Chris Fischer wrote: >[snip] >>> The debian package manager has to be the biggest worthless piece of >junk >>> I've ever been stupid enough to use. >> Very true. >[snip] >I'm new to Linux and wavering between going with Red Hat and Debian. >Could anyone comment on the strengths/weaknesses of the Debian package >manager vs RH's RPM system? Also does Debian provide some kind of >Uninstall-type manager? >Thanks, >Marcus Well, I didn't notice that post in Linux Newbies, so I'll respond here. Debian's dselect beats RedHat's RPM so badly it isn't even funny. It figures out the dependency problems, configures (or leaves configuration until later - your option), is pick and choose (both install and removal), and it didn't "lock" me into someone's idea of what I wanted by default. I've tried both RH and Debian, my $0.02 is rather simplistic. Is this for a non-techie? Get RH. Is this for a techie that doesn't want to fiddle with searching out all the dependencies? Get Debian. Is this for a total control freak techie (wants everything manual)? Get Slackware or Debian. George A computer virus can be said to either 1) trash your hard drive, 2) lock up your computer, or 3) slow down your computer over time. Sounds like windows to me. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
