On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 03:57:15PM -0400, Mark Small wrote: > something that Debian really needs to have is a short doc about the > "debian way" of doing things. What I'm thinking of is a short summary > of the features that make debian different (better?) than the other > dists out there.
a great idea IMHO most people seem to have heard that Debian is superior to other distros but there are two things which prevent them from moving to Debian: - hard installation procedure (though i find it easier than most distro's - maybe with an exception for dselect which is really strange for a newbie) - lack of exact information what nice things there are in Debian > (1) The debian menu system. [...] > > (4) Every user has his/her own group > I'm sure that there are lots of other debian specific things that I > can't remember off the top of my head (or don't know about). I'm no > professional. The only box that I admin is my home one. hey, how could you forget about apt-get - the instant ultra-fast ultra-convenient tool for upgrading (security fixes in minutes after they are issued), installing, + dependencies BTW: there was a discussion on Debian-user a month or two (or three?) ago with subject "Why use Debian, why not RedHat" - it should contain all possible feature notices > (I'm not a developer, just a happy user) just like me :) regards, Marcin -- --------------------------------- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------
