[aclug-L] Re: Why Debian?

[Ryan Claycamp <ryanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 09:36:23PM -0500, Carl D Cravens wrote:
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> 
> My question is: Can anyone point me to well-written arguments for or
> against particular distros in a Unix-savvy, availability-critical
> environment?  My personal experience points to Debian, but I'd like to
> have some more info to back it up.
> 

I don't know if this helps, I heard about it through a Slashdot
archive search and have only skimmed through it, but ZDNet has this
article, <
http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/issue/0,4537,2457573-5,00.html >.

It doesn't mention Debian but has some good points about Unix versus
Windows 2000 and how Linux fits into the mix.  I like Debian and would
suggest it, but don't know of solid reasons to offer for your debate.
The developers put a lot of work into it and "stable" seems to really
mean stable.  Also, I hear comments all the time on Slashdot that
Debian is the perfect server distribution.

Ryan
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