On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Alex Shnitman wrote:
>Moran Cohen writes:
>
>> I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996.
>> before that i also used slackware.
>> My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ?
>
>Often asking such a question is asking for trouble. But I'll try to
>make a quick rundown.
>
>Slackware is for people that like to do it all by themselves, and IMHO
>have too much time on their hands. Installing a program means
Really ?
>compiling and installing it, which it iften a PITA, and in most cases
>by orders of magnitude slower than downloading a ready package as with
>other distributions. It's magnificent for learning, but IMO it's a
>pain to maintain.
Oh, come on.
>>Red Hat is a slick commercial distro that is best for new Linux
>users. It's very easy and quick to grasp and pretty easy to
>maintain. It's a great distro to get started with.
>
>Debian is mostly for people who already know Linux, or for those who
>don't but have a guru at hand to ask questions. Its packaging tool is
>hard to master as compared to RPM (Red Hat's Package Manager), its
>installation is much less transparent to people who use it the first
>time (even if they know Linux already). In other words, you have to
>screw with it a bit for the first time. After that, though, you won't
>take anything else. Instead of pasting the reasons why here please see
>my essay on the issue at http://alexsh.hectic.net/debian.html .
Alex, easy with Slackware flaming...
Peter
