Re: [Nolug] Distro suggestions

On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 03:43, Tim Kelley wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 November 2003 9:46 pm, mah@everybody.org wrote:
>
> > Debian is about individuals empowering other indiduals. So, of
> > course, I've gotta use it. Despite the fact that it may have a few
> > more rough edges than other distributions, it is owned and maintained
> > entirely by its users. Being a hacker and UNIX-lover, Debian is what
> > I want since it embodies a sustainable model for continuous
> > development.
>
> Well, I don't think debian is "rougher around the edges" than any other
> distro, it's more polished if anything. The installers just a little
> plain.

Totally true. I just reinstalled Debian (h/w failure), and it
is totally simple for someone who knows what LKMs are. If you
don't, it'll be kinda rough.

> I think the last decent distribution RH put out was 5.2
> SuSE got that damn YaST thing, which I depsise ...
> rpm is horrid, so any distro using that isn't worth looking at to me
> Slack is OK for a personal computer

Why is RPM horrid? Because there is no Policy and "structure", like
Debian has set up? That's what I think.

IMO, Debian is like Apple with the Mac (Packagers, follow these
Rules, and Users will love the system), whereas RH is like MSFT
(Developers, here's an installer, go throw some slop together).

> Debian is the biggest and the best! Debian vs RH is like Godzilla vs
> Bambi ... :-)

Biggest at what?

(Yes, I use and love

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