George Bonser wrote: > > I think these criticisms are overstated in many cases. Ever try to get > ppp running on Solaris? I have installed many distributions. The initial > install is only a portion of the problem. The rest comes in getting the > system configured the way that you need it. That is where Debian excels. >
I've tried most of the distributions. I started with slackware, dabbled with redhat, tried debian 1.3 but wasn't able to get past dselect back then, used suse for more that a year, and now I'm settled with debian. IMO, dselect takes a little getting used to, but after playing with it for a while, it really is quite powerful. I really like apt though. Debian has been the *easiest* to get a ppp connection up and running. I've never really had any problem with X, except for my early experiences with trident card (don't go there!). I can't really find any criticisms that were mentioned that reading through the docs, or asking on this list wouldn't solve. Maybe one of us should write a rebuttal to point out the author's misconceptions about debian. Maybe it might even get published. > Oh, BTW, has anyone ever tried porting the SuSE sax X configuration > program to Debian? I downloaded the source but have not gotten it to build > yet ... still shanging stuff in Makefiles, etc. > I don't know, but if you manage, let us know. sax is one of the programs I miss from SuSE. Mark
