Debain doesnt install all of the extra crap redhat does. I have never had any luck getting redhat to run on a 386. Debian on the other hand has been up for about 167 day on a old 33Mhz handling all of my email.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Varghese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 5:06 PM Subject: Re: Debian vs. SuSE 8.1 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 04:21:29PM -0200, Klaus Imgrund spake thus: > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 11:14:08 -0400 > > geno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A 7-disk set of Debian costs approximately one-third the $50. price > > > of the comparable low-documents SuSE package. > > > Other than price, what is the attraction of Debian over Red Hat, SuSE > > > or Mandrake? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > geno > > > > > This has to be a joke, > > rpm's are evil - I'd rather compile everything from source then fool > > around with it.Did it,too. > > Try updating any other distribution (using the tools they supply) > and then try apt-get. You won't ask these questions again. > > Sam > - -- > Sam Varghese > http://www.gnubies.com > A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a > life spent doing nothing. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9sIXhZyXhknb+33gRAgiHAJ9tFA0B6dTqWzXU+ZyfQGtnZf7mGQCgiOAF > PQdA+5DZtjqMfxVvp3nipz4= > =uCUa > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]