On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Jeff Graves wrote:
> three letters...
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> r p m
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Rocco [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Benefits of using RH6.1 as a workstation over other
> distributions
>
> Hello,
>
> Newbie question as to the benefit of using RH6.1 vs other
> distributions
> like debian.
>
> I noticed that debian won in linuz journal as most popular.
>
> I don't want to start a war, just trying to decide on the best
> distribution for me.
>
> I have looked at RH, Corel, Caldera and Stormix.
>
Corel and Stormix are both Debian variations. Debian probably has the
technically better packaging technology, but it is not as widely
used. Debian has an excessively tedious install and does not come with
Linuxconf or other admin tools that Red Hat does. If you want to twiddle
config files in vi, use Debian. However, Debian takes a long time between
versions and does massive amounts of testing before a release. They also
probably have the best adherence to "standards". I used to say, "Real men
use Slackware". Now I'd have to say this holds true for Debian.
Caldera is (as one of my friend put it) "brittle". Install is very slick,
but afterwards....
Red Hat has a very reasonable install, most of the tools are fairly
good. If you want no muss no fuss, Red Hat is probably one of the
best. (SuSE is excellent, but their tech support is abominable.)
Paul M. Foster
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