On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 10:06:59AM -0400, Chris Jenks wrote: > >From what I have seen since this thread started, IMHO, is that a lot of RH > users that have > switched to Debian enjoy Debian more. Now this might be geek like, or gump > like I'm not > sure,
Well, the reason I enjoy Debian more is because of dpkg. I don't think I can emphasize how much superior deb is rpm. But that's just a package management. There are no reason why RedHat and all the other RPM distributions can't start using debs. Heck, every major version of RPM is incompatible with previous version anyways. Reason I switched is because the RPM used in 6.x (v3.x) can't read packages for 7 (v4). Now, I don't know how hard it to change the database, but from what I understand, both debs and rpms use text based database, so it shouldn't be impossible. That said, Enlightenment runs no different on Debian than it did on RedHat. GNOME is still weird and a resource hog on both distributions. > Which also goes back to Wayne's comment on RH being better because it's > more popular. Well, the reason I got RedHat initially was because that was the only version of Linux at the local Fry's (or was it CompUSA?) store. Today's newbies can choose between alot more distributions, and I'm not sure I would have installed RedHat if I had started today. Also, preinstall has a lot to say, too. That said, berating people because of their choice of Linux distribution is just beyond stupid in my book. -- John______________________________________________________________________ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes icq: thales @ 17755648 ##### I'm subscribed to this list, no need to cc: ######
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