On Wed, Aug 26, 1998 at 09:00:17AM -0500, Rick Knebel wrote: > So anyone out there who uses debian now who used to use one of the > distro's, I would appreciate if you could tell me what you like about it > better.
I used to use Slackware -- no real package management system at all. I did everything (as far as installs, upgrades) by hand. I got to know the linux system decent enough, but after a while it got old. Plus, Slackware's not to up on security, as far as I'm concerned. Like package management, security is left to the administrator. I was firmly against package management, though, but I have Debian a try, and I've been completely happy since. I would seriously give Debian a try. Plus, I feel it holds truest to the Linux "open source" notion or motto or whatever you wanna call it. <shrug> > Also do you think debian will continued to be developed? > I read somewhere that the head of the progect quite because he thought the > progress was not fast enough. This may be inaccurate, but I believe somebody left the Debian team because of a conflict of interest. RedHat and Caldera and the like are driven by profits. RedHat markets its software, gets the name out, etc -- hence, you have several other distributions using the Redhat packaging system (rpm). Debian is more of the silent dignity type -- I suppose less folks even know OF debian, just because Redhat is more profilific. Hence, I think Debian is the only distrib using the Debian package management system (as far as I know). You could say Debian is just more thorough because it's quality-drivin, because there are no commercial interests. Because of this, I think Debian tends to have more stable releases. Not that redhat is all bad or anything, it's just a matter of how the two work. I've never used Redhat. I doubt I will, too, because I'm completely happy with Debian. It usually boils down to a matter of personal preference and/or personal experience. Good luck
