john jabbed, > I have found that there is much more packages available for > debian than there are for Red Hat, so if you did move to Red Hat > then you would be missing out on a lot of Linux goodies. > > If there is an odd package that is only available in a .rpm, > then just convert the .rpm to a .deb file (takes two minutes). > > I have three .rpm packages installed on my Debian 2.0 install. > If I installed Red Hat I would be missing out on at least 20% of > the packages I use daily...
Yes, I found that as well. In addition to being harder to install at the moment (a *big* reversal from two years ago), redhat is missing some basic stuff. The last time i looked was probably almost a year ago, but they were missing some pretty basic stuff--a "vanilla" fvwm2 (If 2 was even available; i couldn't quite tell), exmh 2.x (1.x was, uhh, awkward at best, and button-heavy), and a couple of odds and ends. I also flirted with FreeBSD, which is easier to install than either RH or debian, if it supports your equipment. BUt just try and get an answer on their mailing lists; you need your own personal guru. Finally, someone pointed me to /etc/issue, and I was able to s/GNU//g :), which will get me by until I find the time to build the BSD utilities to replace the GNU stuff . . . --
