Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread glenn
Here's why I switched to debian over redhat and mandrake... There comes a time, even with redcarpet and that other tool mandrake use to find and install rpm packages (which never worked for me consistantly), that a given version of that product, just stops being maintained in any real sense - noth

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 00:34, Matthew Joyce wrote: > Dear Debian-users, > > An future project here will use Apache/PHP/PostgreSQL on a Dell server. > > The vendor will advocate Redhat, but Debian is the only linux I have > used so that would be my choice. > I will be supporting the box and os, the

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread donw
I'm joining the thread a bit late, but...whatthehell. On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:34:19AM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote: > > The vendor will advocate Redhat, but Debian is the only linux I have > used so that would be my choice. > > I will be supporting the box and os, they will support the app. Tha

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread Martin Eian
Information about linux on Dell hardware: http://linux.dell.com/ Download site for install CD: http://oregonstate.edu/~kveton/debian/ Thank you Martin, do you know if it works for Dell2350? This weekend I am going to try to install Debian in a friend's computer for a (10th may be) time. Thanks a

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:11:29AM +0100, Martin Eian wrote: > >I am in the process of setting up three debian woody mailservers on > >Dell 2650 machines. After searching on google I came across an > >net-install CD for Debian woody which was designed for Dell servers > >and it installed without a

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread Martin Eian
I am in the process of setting up three debian woody mailservers on Dell 2650 machines. After searching on google I came across an net-install CD for Debian woody which was designed for Dell servers and it installed without a problem. Unfortunately I did not make a note of where I found it. But I

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-19 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:10:05AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I am in the process of setting up three debian woody mailservers on > Dell 2650 machines. After searching on google I came across an > net-install CD for Debian woody which was designed for Dell servers > and it installed without a pr

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Johann Spies
Hallo Matthew, > > An future project here will use Apache/PHP/PostgreSQL on a Dell > server. > > The vendor will advocate Redhat, but Debian is the only linux I have > used so that would be my choice. I will be supporting the box and > os, they will support the app. > > I do not know the versio

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Katipo
Michael Satterwhite wrote: Paul, I haven't used the Red Hat installer, so I really can't compare. I found the new Debian Installer (both Beta 2 and Beta 3) incredibly easy to use, however. I even got a clean install without looking at any of the instructions (that was a test run. I was trying

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Katipo
Paul Johnson wrote: "Matthew Joyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I guess what I want to find out is, is there any reason why Debian would not be able to do the job that they are suggesting Redhat for, and what reasoning can I use to support my proposing Debian. This isn't something that we're go

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Michael Satterwhite
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 18 March 2004 21:42, Paul Johnson wrote: > "Matthew Joyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I guess what I want to find out is, is there any reason why Debian would > > not be able to do the job that they are suggesting Redhat for, and what

Re: Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 "Matthew Joyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I guess what I want to find out is, is there any reason why Debian would > not be able to do the job that they are suggesting Redhat for, and what > reasoning can I use to support my proposing Debian. Thi

Debain over Redhat

2004-03-18 Thread Matthew Joyce
Dear Debian-users, An future project here will use Apache/PHP/PostgreSQL on a Dell server. The vendor will advocate Redhat, but Debian is the only linux I have used so that would be my choice. I will be supporting the box and os, they will support the app. I do not know the versions of the pack