Frank Rocco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm a linux newbie and purchased Corel Linux and RH 6.1
> What is the difference between the debian based over RH?
I am and remain a redhat user, but one of the reasons I
would look at the Debian distribution is because of the
package management system. They've essentially solved the
problem of automatic security upgrades over the net (which
strikes me as *the* critical security technology... most
crackers are using known exploits that still exist only
because the sysadmin hasn't gotten to installing the fix).
There are a number of things that annoy me about using RPMs
(e.g. nearly *every* time you try and install something,
there's some problem with dependencies that you have to
resolve semi-manually... This is another thing that the
debian folks claim to have solved already).
My expectation is that the RPM folks will add these features
eventually (I wouldn't be suprised if they're very close
already), but if I needed them immediately, I'd switch to
Debian.
If you're worried about career options... well, Redhat
certainly seems to have the publicity and the momentum to be
a safe choice for the near future. Depending on what you're
interested in doing, you could argue that learning FreeBSD
is a better choice (a lot of old-time Unix heads prefer it
for servers, for example).
It *is* true that Debian has been more conservative about
changing C-libraries, but on the other hand upgrading from
RedHat 5.x to 6.x was hell in my opinion. When Debian gets
around to doing the switch maybe it'll go eaisier for
them. RedHat's tendency to ship beta (or sub-beta) quality
stuff isn't really a selling point in my book.
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