Re: Debian too difficult, Red Hat?
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 08:46:01AM -0800, Clyde Wilson wrote:
> I agree with you Kent. Debian is much too difficult to start out with.
Say what? I started on Slackware; Debian's installation is 10000% better than
that.
> Redhat removes a lot of options to give you a working system without much
> configuration on your part. Later, when you are shooting for "guru-ship"
As opposed to Slackware and FreeBSD, which do no configuration for you at
all. For example, they dump you with sendmail and expect you to set it up.
Debian's MTA setup scripts are wonderful.
Hamish
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