Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?

["Patrick Kirk" <patrick@kirks.net>]

I also graduated from Red Hat.  Debian installation is a beast but it leaves
you with a working system that is idiot proof.  Red Hat is an easier
installation but things fail and you're left trawling the net resolving
dependencies.

Patrick

----- Original Message -----
From: George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com>
To: Patrick Kirk <patrick@kirks.net>
Cc: Duggan Dieterly <dieterly@olympus.fc.hp.com>;
<debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?


>
> Patrick,
>
> I graduated from Red Hat to Debian twice. I was hard-headed and did not
> learn the first time ... gave it a second chance. I came back to Debian.
>
> The ONLY thing Red Hat has is an easy install ... upkeep of a Red Hat
> system is a nightmare.
>
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Patrick Kirk wrote:
>
> > I'm not a techie so this is a user's perspective.  Red Hat is just as
free
> > as Debian so there's no issue there like there is with SuSE and Caldera.
> > There are far more Red Hat users out there and lots of RPMs.  So give it
a
> > try and decide for yourself.  I use Debian because its so easy to keep
it
> > stable, because I think apt-get is way way easier than rpm and because
the
> > support offered by this list is great.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
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> George Bonser
>
> "When someone annoys you, it takes 32 muscles to frown, but it only
> takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and smack them in the head."
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