On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 14:01, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 07:09, Tom Allison wrote: > > I have been unsubscribed from 'debian-user' for a bit so I may have > > missed a thread on this one. > > > > But there has been a lot of discussion on other distro-lists about the > > potential implications concerning the recent announcements of > > RedHat/Fedora and SuSE/Novell. From the other lists, there's a lot of > > discussion about alternatives and with that Debian is mentioned A LOT. > > > > Does any of this have any real potential influence on Debian? > > How about an influx of "users" who depend on GUI for administration, > and who aren't sick of RPM? >
Maybe I'm missing the big point here. I often do. So RHL is no longer available, and support for RHL is going away.There is Project Fedora for home use (and it will probably fit in well with the small office/home office set). All existing training should still apply. The distribution is free. Not a bad deal at all. If a small business wants an enterprise solution, they can go to RHEL' I also don't how Novell can hurt SuSE. I'm running SuSE 8.2 Personal on my desktop, and find it VERY constraining (if you want to use YaST2, you stick with SuSE packages and the SuSE package manager).My desktop works very well, but I find it kind of a*retentive. I don't see where Novell could make it even stricter. If a person wants a very simple distribution with a GUI installer, there is Mandrake. I wouldn't let the RedHat and SuSE discussions get to me - there are PLENTY of alternatives! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
