----- Original Message ----- From: "John Summerfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 6:45 AM Subject: Re: How popular is Debian (popularity contest)
> George Roman wrote: > > >" right" is a relative word. debian is the right choice for me, if others > >(people who use other dist) prefer to reinstall their systems with each > >new release it is their business. > > > > > > Which distros need to be reinstalled for each new release? Fedora recommended a new install when going from FC1 to FC2, and the mail list complaints afterwards were huge. It was strongly advised to -not- try to upgrade using yum or rpm. I tried the middle ground - Got the full distro on DVD and let the anaconda installer do the upgrade. My stuff still needed more fixing than I knew how to do. I've unsubscribed from that mail list now, so I don't know the current state of the art. Maybe FC3 will be better, but I don't see how one could beat the way Debian works with apt-get. Enter Debian - Even though I'm a relative newbie to both Linux and Debian, I have been VERY happily using Debian unstable for several months now. Using "mainstream stuff" like Apache, SpamAssassin, Mailman, SquirrelMail, ClamAV etc. I might try Sarge when it makes stable, but right now, I have no reason to switch. - John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
