I have converted from RedHat to Debian. RedHat is very nice if you don't want to look at writing your own scripts. The configuration tools are very nice; however, I had to edit them by hand with an editor to make them work correctly after a version upgrade. I still have a RedHat system for Applixware. My email and ppp server is Debian. The configuration tools that come with Debian are easier since I don't have X-windows running
---------- > From: Rick Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: RedHat vs Debian (was Re: Bash Prompt in an XTerm) > Date: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 12:54 PM > > > > > > > Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After installation > > > is another matter :) > > > Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a > > disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for > > instance. > > this was a future domain. But on the same machine, it took me a few > minutes (prior to unpacking) on redhat, and probably about a half hour > on debian (which i had installed many times by then). > > >> > Redhat's installation programs are apparently compiled rather than > > > interpeted; they move directly from one screen to the next. At some > > > points in debian, the wait is measured in minutes (particularly module > > > installation). The installation program constantly looks to check the > > > current state, which is where most of the wasted time goes. > > > In my experience on a 486slc2-66 (not exactly a screamer), it was more > > like several tens of seconds. On a pentium it's reasonably fast. > > i should have phrased that better; i don't think it ever reaches 2 full > minutes. > > > > > Upgrading Red Hat is almost as big a deal as an initial install (boot from > > floppy, etc.) Upgrading with dselect is a piece of cake, requiring > > patience, however. > > !!! "After install" is worse than i thought :) > > > > The selection of .deb files seems much richer than for .rpm files; i > > > couldn't find a couple of things i regularly used when i installed > > > redhat a couple of weeks ago. > > > That depends a lot on what you are looking for. RedHat has many thing > > which Debian does not and vice-versa. That's where alien should be a big > > help. > > particularly the commercial stuff, which generally seems to be rpm only. > Something that ocurred to me the other day would be to build into > alien.deb some dependency information for common .rpm's, such as staroffice. > > > One nice thing Red Hat has is the configuration tools. However, if you > > don't have X, you can't use them. > > I didn't get as far as using those. But if they're nice, let's steal > them :) > > rick > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
