i was a user of slackware as well, i chose debian because: 1) friend reccomended it 2) it had the largest(and still does i think) number of developers 3) it is known as being top quality 4) it has a huge number of packages
since then i have just adapted to it, not sure technically what places it above the others other then just overall better control, as in they spend more time comming out with releases making sure it works really well. and apt is pretty cool too i didnt touch apt till almost 2 years after i installed debian though. in the end it really comes down to personal preference, and the situation (if your using commercial software that will only support you if you run redhat..then maybe its best to use redhat ..stuff like that) nate On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote: plant >Hi, plant > plant >Can anybody tell me why Debian is better than other distributions? And don't plant >give me the 'it is the only really non-commercial version' crap. I want real plant >technical benefits. Or is it all a matter of flavor? I have been using plant >Slackware for one or two years now and I also liked that one. Switching to plant >Debian was necessary because the store didn't sell slack. plant > plant >Bart plant > plant > plant >-- plant >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null plant > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 1:18pm up 216 days, 1:51, 1 user, load average: 1.23, 1.11, 1.02
