On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 12:39:50AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > It only gets better from there, trust me. I think apt is one > of the highly-visible features that attracts people to debian. > Policy is the real gold that makes the lifers. Once you start > to learn more about the system, you realize that it's the most > coherent, well-thought-out system out there. The people who > make the decisions aren't concerned with gloss or deadlines, > rather they're just geeks building the system the way it > should be built: down to academic debates (and flamewars) over > even the smallest system organization decisions. > > With so many organizations using Red Hat for everything, it's > hard to explain why Debian is a better choice, since the > benefits are most easily seen long-term. One, for example, is > that there is no need for reinstalls; the system just keeps > working.
isn't redhat implementing apt-get on their stuff these days? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #122 from Alexander Steinert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking for a BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DEBIAN SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION? You might want to take a look at the documents under http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/Debian/doc/ -- especially http://www.infodrom.ffis.de/Debian/doc/maint/ Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]