Re: Why choose Debian?

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Subject: Re: Why choose Debian?
From: Vinod Kurup <vkurup@massmed.org>
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 01:12:28 -0500
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> I am interested in why people prefer Debian to other Linux 
> distributions.  Please explain the top few reasons why you chose Debian 
> rather than something else.

1. It's not commercial (more consistent with the whole Linux philosophy)
2. apt-get
3. debian-user is *so* friendly
4. There's a powerpc version
5. Did I mention apt-get?

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