Re: Switch to Red Hat? No thanks...
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." wrote:
>
> john jabbed,
>
> > I have found that there is much more packages available for
> > debian than there are for Red Hat, so if you did move to Red Hat
> > then you would be missing out on a lot of Linux goodies.
> >
> Yes, I found that as well. In addition to being harder to install at
> the moment (a *big* reversal from two years ago), redhat is missing
> some basic stuff. The last time i looked was probably almost a year
> ago, but they were missing some pretty basic stuff--a "vanilla" fvwm2
> (If 2 was even available; i couldn't quite tell), exmh 2.x (1.x was,
> uhh, awkward at best, and button-heavy), and a couple of odds and ends.
I did recently install Red Hat on my laptop. To me it was less
intuative and the install instructions were a bit waffley. I
had real problems installing pcmcia stuff and never managed to
successfully install it. With debian pcmcia stuff was a
doddle..
The main package that I miss is joe, I cant get by without it...
much easier to work with than vi.
> I also flirted with FreeBSD, which is easier to install than either RH
> or debian, if it supports your equipment. BUt just try and get an
> answer on their mailing lists; you need your own personal guru.
I've managed to teach people to install debian, it took an
afternoon to do and these people didn't know anything about
Linux before they started.
John.
--
John Stevenson, Objective Alliance: www.oa.nl
"Its grip'd, its sorted.."
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