Re: Debian/Caldera/RedHat
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Jernej Zajc wrote:
> Hello,
>
> how does Debian compare to the Caldera and RedHat distributions?
> Any comment from ppl that use/used COL and RH are most welcome:
> pros, cons, irritations, wishes.
Well, I haven't used Caldera, but I feel (unlike some) that Debian is MORE
user-friendly than Red Hat. The dselect method of package selection is a
bit cumbersome, but only because of increasingly large number of packages
available.
Debian handles dependencies much better and upgrading is much safer.
With some patience, installation can be done with a dial-up PPP
connection.
Most of the configuration helpers are text based instead of gui, but I see
this as a plus, since I have some boxes without X-window installed.
Bob
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