Re: Why use Debian? Why not Red Hat?
Hi,
[ no doubt ths comes up often so I hope no-one minds me commenting! ]
I'm sure you'll get lots of answers. For me the main points were:
PRO:
- More 'standards' compliant in the sense that I found that when I read the HOWTOS in many cases the RH stuff wasn't in the places it said it would be (because they specialise stuff for their tools) whereas it was on Debian. I am NOT slagginf RH I understand why they did this, I just wanted to get my hands dirty and it was easier with Debian.
- The update feature and package management frontend. I believe RH has a tool which allows you to update to the latest version of an RPM buit the Debian version is great. APT allows me to get my system upgraded automatically.
- Done by volunteers for Free Software. Total personal and not technical choice.
CONTRA:
- More stuff is done in the RPM format. For example the GNOME stuff tends to lag a bit. OTOH I was always worried where the RPM's were coming from whereas Debian tends to be more under control.
- Speed of releases. Volunteers don't have the same amount of time as a commercial operation so the releases tend to be few and far between. They are very solid when they come along but it can be a bit galling if you want to run up-to-date stuff. The choice is to compile it yourself in /usr/local or to follow the unstable branch.
HTH,
Steve
On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 02:24:21PM -0600, Duggan Dieterly wrote:
> i'm thinking about switching from debian to red hat. is there any compelling
> reason why debian is better than red hat?
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