On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, John L . Fjellstad wrote: > Well, if you want stability and security, having used both, I must say, > both are pretty much the same. I still aren't convinced that Debian > is somehow more stable than Redhat. Doesn't make sense. Enlightenment > 0.16.3 doesn't magically become more stable because you installed it on > Debian as opposed to Redhat. Software doesn't work that way, sorry.
Hmmm, well, ya... if all was identical between RedHat and Debian. They may use software with the same name, but not necessarily: the same versions, compilation options, combinations of packages, or tweaks. There are more than enough openings for one distro to be more stable than the other, but it may only show up in specific area(s) depending on the skill (or lack of skill) of the distros maintainers for that area of the software map. I'd take any sweeping generalization as to the stability of a distro with a grain of salt, especially when I don't know if the one doing the reporting has longtime and wide ranging experience with a number of distributions on various hardware combinations. later, Bruce