For what it's worth, I have recently installed a few Debian boxes (servers
and desktops). I found the install pretty easy. I am new to Debian so
previous installs might have been worse.
I have also found CentOS good. I have only used it on servers but it is
easy and well-supported package-wise.
Jonathan
On 12/6/06, Shannon Roddy <sroddy@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12/6/06, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
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> > I'll ask a question first... what flaws does Debian have that need
> > addressing?
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> Installation. PITA. I am also known to run Gentoo, so that is saying
> something. Maybe I just never found debian to be compelling enough to go
> through their installation. For custom IDS, firewalls, etc. I use Gentoo
> where custom is key. But for desktop, I just never wanted to go through the
> pain of installing debian. 'course it has been at least several years since
> I tried, so things may have changed, but for a general purpose desktop linux
> I want a quick easy installation.
>
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