RE: Slackware vs Debian (was: Re: Quality of security assurance withDebian vs. RedHat vs. SuSE)
On Wed 12 Jun 2002 05:01, René Seindal wrote:
The many points before this one were well put, and a convincing
checklist of why one should use Debian. I'll have to flag that
one for later. Good show!
> * Debian packaging is much more complicated than
> Slackware's, but also much more powerful. There
> is a rather steep learning curve, but once
> apprehended, almost everything can be achieved
> with just the three programs apt-get(8),
> apt-cache(8) and dpkg(8) from a commandline.
> Building you own packages is a bit complicated,
> but it can be learned in a day if necessary.
While it's not exactly learning how the packaging system works,
I might not have rolled my own kernel yet, had it not been for
the ridiculously easy method of kernel-package. I configured and
built the kernel on a much faster machine, packaged the result
onto a floppy, and with one dpkg command I was ready to go on the
slower target machine. No moving around modules, no messing with
LILO. Simply elegant.
As for the front end: to coin a phrase, apt may be the greatest
thing since sliced bread. That seems a little unfair, though, as
sliced bread isn't all that impressive.
> numerous fora for user to user communication (email and
> web-based), ...
You know, this is the first time I have ever seen someone use
the plural of "forum". ;)
Jeff Bonner
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