On 18 Apr 99, at 12:31, Stephan Goldenberg wrote about Re: Debian vs. RedHat:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 11:04:53PM +0100, Matt wrote: > > Dan Nguyen wrote: > > > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > > : In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > : Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > : :It's unfortunate that the Debian install is difficult in comparison to > > > : :RedHat. > > > > Having just switched to Debian 2.1 from RH 5.2, I think the Debian > > install is easier and more informative. > > Hmmmm, is it just me being too dumb ? I didn't manage to install > slink (5 CD-Set/german bookstore Lehmanns). Two hours of selecting > packages and fighting dependencies and then..... > internal error - no filename at -e line 13 <P> chunk 14 This newbie found it easy just selecting one of the pre-configured installs. You can then fine tune the package selection after the initial configuration is installed (this can of course take days, weeks, maybe months or years :) ). This then amounts to 1 or 2 minutes deciding which configuration to install (based on needs/wants), and no fighting of dependencies. You can, of course, take longer to decide which configuration to install by checking the complete list of packages installed with each configuration etc. > > And more informative than RH ? I didn't realize any informations > about the required diskspace..... The pre-selected configurations do give information about required diskspace. [snipped to conserve bandwidth] TTFN ============================== Jan M. - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint:397D 093C E802 964E 5316 B90A 93CE 6696 Thought for the day: Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road. -- Dag Hammarskjold
