On 08/26/98 at 09:00 AM, Rick Knebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I read an article about debian and was sort of intrigued. I like what >I read about there package system and being able to upgrade >automatically from ftp sites.
Well, I started with Debian, went to Red Hat and came back to Debian. I guess I qualify. Red Hat: Pro: Fast setup with X setup correctly during install. Con: No apparent logic to file locations. It was a pain to change anything. Fvwm95 isn't my idea of a good default window manager. It felt like I was running a stable Win95 (which I _ONLY_ run at work; then only by force while pointing out every single glitch, braindead idea, and how much time I'm wasting) I felt constrained. RPM is nuts couldn't use the IDE CD to load onto one box (Debian loaded from the same box on the same CD, RH didn't have a useable driver) Debian: Con: X was a real pain to get working Never did get Intel Ethernet Pro 10+ ISA card to work (switched to SMC card) Pro: The file locations are about exactly like my old DOS file structure. DPKG/dselect Commited to using free software (CD is broken up in an easily understandable manner) Seems to be laid out in a more traditional Unix fashion. Less buggy releases George -- ---------------------------------------------------- personal: http://user.icx.net/~grimel/MyPlace.html I'm on a journey; "A Journey: Back to the Book of Acts". Find out why http://user.icx.net/~grimel/back2acts.html Best viewed at true colors ----------------------------------------------------
