On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Christian Lavoie wrote:
> Debian's harder to install. One guy mentionned he could install Red Hat in
> less than 15 minutes. Hard to have something fully up at that speed with
> Debian.
>
Right. I've recently tried Redhat and SuSE on a separate partition
and Debian's installation is still pure stone age. Well, i guess
there's still Slackware...
> Debian's way easier to maintain. Apt, dselect and dpkg are marvels. In the
> same way, Debian's easier to upgrade.
>
This is right as well. Redhat has proven to be pretty awkward in
these matters. But SuSE is a valid contender as well regarding ease
of maintenance.
> So, in those comparative reviews, yes, we DO are disadvantaged. What they
> look at is: How easy are the 5 first day of use. They forget about the 360
> next that'll really show the Debian power.
>
And now imagine the power of Debian combined with an installation
routine at least as convenient and user friendly like Redhat's or
SuSE's. Debian would be the absolute killer!
But oh well, talk is cheap...
Cheers, P. *8^)
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