Re: Debian vs. RedHat
On 18 Apr 99, at 12:31, Stephan Goldenberg
wrote about Re: Debian vs. RedHat:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 11:04:53PM +0100, Matt wrote:
> > Dan Nguyen wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <7f8i7t$c08@tekka.wwa.com> you wrote:
> > > : In article <MPG.11734320c76ffa9f989761@news.bctel.net>,
> > > : Luca Filipozzi <lucanntp@ise.bc.ca.spamsucks> wrote:
> > >
> > > : :It's unfortunate that the Debian install is difficult in comparison to
> > > : :RedHat.
> >
> > Having just switched to Debian 2.1 from RH 5.2, I think the Debian
> > install is easier and more informative.
>
> Hmmmm, is it just me being too dumb ? I didn't manage to install
> slink (5 CD-Set/german bookstore Lehmanns). Two hours of selecting
> packages and fighting dependencies and then.....
> internal error - no filename at -e line 13 <P> chunk 14
This newbie found it easy just selecting one of the pre-configured
installs. You can then fine tune the package selection after the
initial configuration is installed (this can of course take days,
weeks, maybe months or years :) ). This then amounts to 1 or 2
minutes deciding which configuration to install (based on
needs/wants), and no fighting of dependencies. You can, of course,
take longer to decide which configuration to install by checking the
complete list of packages installed with each configuration etc.
>
> And more informative than RH ? I didn't realize any informations
> about the required diskspace.....
The pre-selected configurations do give information about required
diskspace.
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