Re: Quality of security assurance with Debian vs. RedHat vs. SuSE
I can't compare Slackware to Debian, but I can credit Debian with being the first distro to give me the confidence to delete my windows partition. I've run Mandrake 7.2 as a desktop, but still felt the need to dual boot win98. I've tangled with Slackware and FreeBSD briefly, but installing Debian 3.0 on my workstation was the greatest thing I ever did for myself. Security is a breeze with PAM and/or login.defs and the SystemV/init.d(?) style startup is my preference for services initiation. XFree86-4.1 and windowmaker make for almost too pretty a desktop for a respectable unix user ;)
I also agree with Giacomo on the point that "
The wise man chooses what he is best at maintaining". A default potato2.2 install makes for a stable and secure server for just about anyting right out of the box. But with the ease of apt-get/dpkg and security.debian.org I feel confident running woody3.0 on all of my servers. (7 machines on my home/business network) The latest software releases combined with generally prompt security updates and my own hardening techniques makes for just about anything/everything I could ask for in an operating system.
I'll recommend debian to anybody for everything. And I'll pitch in whatever help I can offer to make sure that someone has an enjoyable experience with what I feel is a quality example of what linux should be. Both for the fundamentalist and the technologist.
-Brad Beck
'vehement debian advocate'
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:49:59 +0800
"Patrick Hsieh" <pahud@pahud.net> wrote:
> Hello Brad B <ion@qwest.net>,
>
> Agree. Can someone give any persuasive reason for me to say goodbye to
> Slackware and embrace Debian? They differ a lot in their philosophy and
> development model. Is there any guys switching from Slackware to Debian?
>
>
>
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 01:26:10 -0500
> Brad B <ion@qwest.net> wrote:
>
> > I don't think it matters what distro the newcomer starts with...once one knows what they are doing to the point of making an educated decision, the wise man chooses debian.
> > Potato is stable to the point of almost being boring, and Woody/Sid are always fun to play with.
> >
> > Viva la Debian!
> >
> > -Brad Beck
> > 'vehement debian advocate'
> >
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