Chris de Weth wrote: > > Hi! > > I was just wondering if anyone can tell me why so much people use Red > Hat linux? As a newbie to this arena, my impression is that RedHat has a better public profile.
As we all know, public profiles & reality often differ... > I'm thinking of going to use Linux at work, so security is quite > important. From a friend I just got this list address, and I don't know > where to ask this question to Red Hat users. Maybe someone can tell me > what distribution is better? >From my own experience (a portable using a PCMCIA network adapter), RedHat is easier to install initially (it's only 2 floppies as opposed to Debians 6+), however the updating system in debian (dselect) is _far_ superior.. -- Ian Stuart Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Computing Support The University of Edinburgh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]