Re: RedHat vs Debian (was Re: Bash Prompt in an XTerm)
I have converted from RedHat to Debian. RedHat is very nice if you don't
want to
look at writing your own scripts. The configuration tools are very nice;
however, I
had to edit them by hand with an editor to make them work correctly after a
version
upgrade. I still have a RedHat system for Applixware. My email and ppp
server
is Debian. The configuration tools that come with Debian are easier since
I
don't have X-windows running
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> From: Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: RedHat vs Debian (was Re: Bash Prompt in an XTerm)
> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 1997 12:54 PM
>
>
> >
> > > Redhat is *far* easier to install on a slow machine. After
installation
> > > is another matter :)
>
> > Slightly faster; not necessarily easier. Since 4.0, Red Hat has been a
> > disaster for anyone with a CD-ROM attached to a SoundBlaster card, for
> > instance.
>
> this was a future domain. But on the same machine, it took me a few
> minutes (prior to unpacking) on redhat, and probably about a half hour
> on debian (which i had installed many times by then).
>
> >> > Redhat's installation programs are apparently compiled rather than
> > > interpeted; they move directly from one screen to the next. At some
> > > points in debian, the wait is measured in minutes (particularly
module
> > > installation). The installation program constantly looks to check
the
> > > current state, which is where most of the wasted time goes.
>
> > In my experience on a 486slc2-66 (not exactly a screamer), it was more
> > like several tens of seconds. On a pentium it's reasonably fast.
>
> i should have phrased that better; i don't think it ever reaches 2 full
> minutes.
>
>
>
> > Upgrading Red Hat is almost as big a deal as an initial install (boot
from
> > floppy, etc.) Upgrading with dselect is a piece of cake, requiring
> > patience, however.
>
> !!! "After install" is worse than i thought :)
>
> > > The selection of .deb files seems much richer than for .rpm files; i
> > > couldn't find a couple of things i regularly used when i installed
> > > redhat a couple of weeks ago.
>
> > That depends a lot on what you are looking for. RedHat has many thing
> > which Debian does not and vice-versa. That's where alien should be a
big
> > help.
>
> particularly the commercial stuff, which generally seems to be rpm only.
> Something that ocurred to me the other day would be to build into
> alien.deb some dependency information for common .rpm's, such as
staroffice.
>
> > One nice thing Red Hat has is the configuration tools. However, if you
> > don't have X, you can't use them.
>
> I didn't get as far as using those. But if they're nice, let's steal
> them :)
>
> rick
>
>
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