On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jernej Zajc wrote: > Hello, > > how does Debian compare to the Caldera and RedHat distributions? > Any comment from ppl that use/used COL and RH are most welcome: > pros, cons, irritations, wishes.
Well, I haven't used Caldera, but I feel (unlike some) that Debian is MORE user-friendly than Red Hat. The dselect method of package selection is a bit cumbersome, but only because of increasingly large number of packages available. Debian handles dependencies much better and upgrading is much safer. With some patience, installation can be done with a dial-up PPP connection. Most of the configuration helpers are text based instead of gui, but I see this as a plus, since I have some boxes without X-window installed. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen