Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-18 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:36:35AM -0800, Ken Irving ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:39:19PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:26:53AM -0700, Robin Lynn Frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > Basic benefits: > > > > ... > > > > - Choice o

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-18 Thread Chris Metzler
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 10:36:35 -0800 Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is this still your recommendation? I've used testing in the past for > workstations, but from the recent discussions thought that unstable > would be the preferred choice when stable won't cut it. If you were to only tra

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-18 Thread Ken Irving
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:39:19PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:26:53AM -0700, Robin Lynn Frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > ... > > > > 1) What are debian's strong and weak points as a server? > > 2) What are debian's strong and weak points as a desktop workstation

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 09:26:53AM -0700, Robin Lynn Frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > We've been using Mandrake Linux for a number of years and have come accross > problems with the way its library packages are set up. (We encounter > proble

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-16 Thread Kenneth Macdoald Karlsen
On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 18:26, Robin Lynn Frank wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > We've been using Mandrake Linux for a number of years and have come accross > problems with the way its library packages are set up. (We encounter > problems compiling certain software bec

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-16 Thread Chris Metzler
On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:26:53 -0700 Robin Lynn Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > We've been using Mandrake Linux for a number of years and have come > accross problems with the way its library packages are set up. (We > encounter problems comp

Re: Before going with debian questions.

2004-04-16 Thread Feanor
Take a look on this http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian feanor7 On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 13:26, Robin Lynn Frank wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > We've been using Mandrake Linux for a number of years and have come accross > problems with the way its