Quoting Kenneth Oncinian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > IMHO, the similarity is just philosophical. Slackware and Debian's > difference is almost the same as Slackware and other distros. For > example BSD style init scripts vs System V's, inetd vs xinetd; the use > of vanilla kernel and heavily patched kernel, package management, > dependency issues, etc...(the list goes on and on :-) > > > But what about those who breathe Redhat and/or Suse? Would > > they do a good job of maintaining this server? > > IMHO, differences between distros can be learned, a competent admin can > adjust to the distro that he is administering.
There's this "comfort zone" that certain sysads have. Linux may be the same deep-down, but at the surface level the way to do things can get unnerving or just annoying. There're times where the fundamental differences between, say apt, dselect, rpm, and what not can make it difficult. Like you said, it may be philohophical, but it can mean productivity (increased or decreased) and, to some extent, carelessness. That's why people have their "favorites." Pick one distro, standardize on it, "train" them (even if they are familiar with the distro). That way, your sysads won't have an excuse of not being "familiar" with the system (since you've made them go through the hoops). -- Gino LV. Ledesma // Quote: "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
