* Robert L. Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
>
>
> I'm starting a "Debian Vs Redhat" comparision.
Oh no, not another distro war...
> Debian:
> Server Oriented
> Integraged software install/update tool (apt) [a version is available for
> redhat
> but requires considerable time/effort to install]
I believe this functionality also exist in RH. It's a pain to set up, though.
> Publicly available 3 tier development cycle (dev, test, production)
Pretty b0rken ATM: stable is way too old for many uses,
testing is more broken than dev.
> Publicly available bug archive for testing and searching
Someone's already mentioned bugzilla.
> System layout is SYSV like Solaris
FVO "system layout" = "/etc/init.d". It's mostly quite different.
Sane(r) default install (inc. non-broken C compiler, fewer
network services etc.)
Some degree of support for automated installation
(e.g. get- and set-selections in apt). Although RH
may have something like that, I dunno.
...
> RedHat:
[If you do development] not all programs written on
RedHat $VERSION will compile on RedHat $OTHER_VERSION.
Not to mention other distros -- ATM we have a C++ library
that compiles on RH7.1 (gcc 2.96) but not on Debian woody
(gcc 2.95 and 3.0) or Solaris (gcc 2.95).
RH has a long tradition of shipping b0rked compilers in
FUBARed configurations.
We have a bunch of RH6.2 boxen, a couple of RH7.2s, and 2 Debian
woodies.
I'm not too happy with my 2 workstations (Debian/woody): woody
breaks way too often (e.g. right now I can't login to the gooey
box, some kind of kdm problem), and I can't spend too much time
fscking around with it. Installing potato and hand-rolling all
the software that isn't there or is too old (that includes e.g. X)
is not a viable option.
My co-worker has an RH6.2 and RH7.2 boxen. He's as unhappy with
them as I'm with mine -- just the other day he came to my office
asking about Debian "because I'm sick and tired of RedHat's
stupidity" -- he had hard time compiling something or other...
OTGH, kdm is not broken on his box...
Bottom line: they both suck, although in different ways.
Dima
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