I am a university professor and principal investigator on several
new projects that require linux-oriented software development and the
construction of several large Beowulf clusters. Currently I am setting up
a linux lab for one of my classes, initially consisting of 12 Athlon 1.4
GHz workstations. At home, I run Debian "unstable", and have become very
fond of the Debian package manager and the Debian installation as a whole,
but my system adminstrators are pushing for use of the Redhat
installation in my lab and on the new clusters. I've appended a message
below that describes their objections to Debian. Are these valid
objections to Debian? I was hoping that some Debian experts out there may
be able to answer the objections of my sysadmins by pointing out
alternatives to the Redhat installation and kickstart procedures.
Thanks in advance.
-Guy Schiavone
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Guy,
> Next week, if you would like, I will come to your lab and install ALL
>your machines with RedHat 7.1, Performer, and the latest NVIDIA
>drivers. I dont want to mess with Debian because first, its difficult to
>set up, and second, theres no "kickstart" type program to automate
>installation on all the machines. If you would like me to do this, let me
>know and I'll get it done.
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