[aclug-L] Re: Debian is great!

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

I agree, I want to learn more about Debian.  When my Knoppix install
went 'south', then I had some help to install Debian with gnome.  I like
Debian so much that now I want to format the RedHat install and put
Debian with KDE on that computer.  The Debian install is different than
RedHat or Suse, but Debian runs great and seems to have more to offer
than the other distros.  Debian is the main computer that I use now and
I also have a web/database server running debian.  Now I just need to
figure out how to get seti to run on debian and the switch-over will be
finialized.

The only reason why I stayed with RedHat as long as I did is because I
know more about how it works, I have a couple of books about RedHat, and
I was able to use Synaptic (a GUI interface for debian apt-get) to get
my RedHat updates.  I was getting really tired of the hassles from
RedHat to get updates.  All the distros work somewhat the same, but just
have a few different features.  At least consumers get a choice as to
how they want their OS to be.  ~Anne

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 23:05, bbales wrote:
> On Tuesday 03 February 2004 20:25, John wrote:
> > And add to that list:
> >
> > * Debian.  Debian is, well, one of those "different" distributions.
> >   I'll talk about Debian's history, why I use Debian on all my machines,
> >   its current status, its weaknesses, how to use it, etc.  Debian is
> >   also the only Linux distribution that is not just a Linux
> >   distribution; Debian ports also exist for the Hurd operating system,
> >   are in progress for FreeBSD and NetBSD; are even being worked on for
> >   Windows (!); and the Debian packaging system has been ported to MacOS
> >   X (fink).  I'll talk about some of these things, too.
> 
> I, for one, would like to see a presentation like what you describe above on 
> Debian.  I know lots of the members use it, but I have been happy with 
> RedHat.  Maybe I'm missing something.
> 
> Most of the other topics you listed would be interesting, too.
> bruce
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