[aclug-L] Re: Why Debian?

[Jesse Kaufman <glandix@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

the RH "apt-like" tool is probably RH's version of the Mandrake update
tool (or vice versa)...  worked alright for me...  only ran mandrake for
about 2 days (i needed a quick temp inst of linux to get my cbb files!),
so any further than that, i couldn't tell...

personally, the way i see it is RH, Corel (*shudder*), and Mandrake are
more for end-users or client workstations, where as slack, debian, Caldera 
and also FreeBSD would be more fit in a server situation...  i honestly
don't know where SuSE fits in there, as I've never gotten to try it...

we have a RedHat 5.2 (w/ LOTS of tarball upgrades), Mandrake 6.0, and BSDi
servers here at work...  personally, i detest RH for server situations,
because all the config files have been scattered about...  pretty much the
same w/ Mandrake...  i have a much easier time going from my slack box at
home to BSDi than i do the others...  i assume it would be similar w/
going from debian -> BSDi -> slack -> anything but RH/MDk ...  it's just
nice to find the files where you would expect them! : ^ )

the other annoying thing about having RH/MDK for servers is that when i
telnet into them, i have to make sure i either have an x server running or
that i set my display to "" or all the gui tools (which often have the
same name as their console-bast config tools) freak out and die...  

RH is a breeze to setup, but from my experience you have to do more
"tweaking" w/ it to keep it running smoothly, where Deb/Slak seems to
require less...

 
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Greg House wrote:

> 
> > So a god reason to use Debian here is because if you need to change the
> > configuration, you can just telnet or ssh to the box and edit the config
> > files, you don't have to get an X display to configure the "proper" way,
> > and then of course if you have a 100 like machines, you could just rsync
> > the new file out to all them.
> 
> You could do the same thing on Red Hat
> 
> > I think the fact that it spent at least 6 months in testing and bug
> > fixing, before it was released is very important. The ease of adding new
> > software with apt. And the fact you know it well are good points in its
> > favor.
> 
> Red Hat 7.0 has what looks like an apt-like feature. I don't remember the 
> name,
> but it does automatic upgrades across a network connection from their server.
> Sounded similar to me when I read about it.
> 
> Greg
> 
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