On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:29:12PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/30/08 19:34, Walt L. Williams wrote: > > I tried using wvdial as it seemed simple, and I want off the > > Suse system as soon as I can. SuSE 10.3 is really rough > > and unpolished. I have been looking at the Debian system > > for a few years now but never made the time to make the > > move. Using Debian will help me better learn whats under > > the Linux hood. > > Sadly, I've got to disagree. > > The Debian packagers do a *lot* of configuring for you, and the > stuff Just Works, so I've just not needed to know a lot of the > innards, and thus have forgotten a lot since I moved from Mandrake > to Debian.
Its only getting worse. Just look at the ratio to "unix" type questions to "point-clicky lindows" type questions on this list. If you want to get your hands dirty on a great UNIX, try OpenBSD. It works, its secure, but its not as easy as Debian's install once and just do one-liner upgrades. OTOH, it screams on my 486 where Etch crawls. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
