[linux-help] Re: Distros ( was Ethernet card setup / Gateway system)

["Koji Hayakawa" <sylf00@xxxxxxxxx>]

So nobody is willing to defend any other distros?  There are other good
distros out there as well.  Slackware, OpenLinux, Suse, Turbolinux,
Stampede, Mandrake, etc, etc....

I like Slackware, just because that was the first linux distro I installed 5
or 6 years ago.  I still like it to an extent.

I also gained familiarity with RedHat....

OpenLinux was quite easy to configure a few things for which I had some
struggles in the past.  But it seems they are too configured.  I saw too
many proprietary / customized for OpenLinux software.

TurboLinux is my favorite as for multilingual support, especially for far
Eastern languages.

And that's all the linux I've tried so far.

And as for ease of installations, none of these really make any difference
to me any more, since they've all done great jobs in making them easy.

What I don't like is all the dependency to the packaging system.  I like
downloading tarballs off the net and compiling them, instead of grabbing
some rpm or tgz package and let the package manager handle the installs.
It's not much more reason other than just maintaining my low ego....  but I
don't intend to change my practice.  So rpm system on my RedHat box really
don't mean much any more.

So how would Debian handle such situation?

I may not fix that's not already broken, but I would really take any of your
comments as valuable info when I choose my next linux when I get my 2nd box
which I will make as dedicated linux box.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Sudharsha
> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 8:20 AM
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Distros ( was Ethernet card setup / Gateway
> system)
>
>
>
> hi,
> In my openien I have not tried Debian but for me redhat works
> fine and also
> the support for Redhat on the net is enourmous.
> There for I think you should be able to work out redhat with out no
> problems.
> But I may be wrong since I have not tried Debian.
> Regards,
> Sudharsha.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Curtis Hawthorne <cghawthorne@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Saturday, April 07, 2001 5:52 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Distros ( was Ethernet card setup / Gateway
> system)
>
>
> >
> >My reasons for running Debian are pretty much the same
> >as the other people that posted.  I also like that
> >most of the system is controlled through scripts that
> >can easily be changed and take affect system-wide.
> >Their package managament system is, in my opinion,
> >much better than RedHat's.
> >
> >That said, I also agree that "If it isn't broke, don't
> >fix it".  I don't know if it was one of the newer
> >programs that we installed on the box that fixed it,
> >or one of the many changes that we made in the
> >configuration.  We did switch from using ws_ftpd to
> >ProFTPD, so you might want to try that.
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Curtis H.
> >
> >--- Koji Hayakawa <sylf00@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> I really don't want to cause a distro wars here.
> >>
> >> But what's the (dis)advantages of running Debian
> >> over RedHat?
> >>
> >> Personally, I've never looked into anything outside
> >> of RedHat and Slackware.
> >> (And a bit of OpenLinux for curiosity, and
> >> TurboLinux-JP for Japanese
> >> Language kit)  I'd be more than interested in
> >> switching over to Dibian-JP,
> >> if the difference is HUGE.
> >>
> >> We've been running this RedHat box without
> >> re-install for over a year, and
> >> it's heavily used between 2 of us.  I can't afford
> >> to switch the distro over
> >> unless there's a goooooood reason to do so.
> >>
> >> So some enlightenment would be nice here.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> >> Behalf Of Curtis Hawthorne
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:45 PM
> >> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Ethernet card setup /
> >> Gateway system
> >>
> >> Also, one of my friends had the same problem on his
> >> RedHat box.  We never did figure out the exact
> >> problem, but I convinced him to switch to Debian,
> >> and
> >> after the install FTP's connected instantly.
> >> Besides
> >> you should be running Debian anyways! :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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