On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:04:45PM +0100, Steve George wrote:
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> - 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.
All distributions do this to some extent.
> - 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.
Doing a distribution upgrade without *having* to reboot is rather nice.
> 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.
I've never actually found this to be a problem, particularly with the
unstable distribution. I currently don't have any non-Debian software
on my machines that isn't either commercial or a local hack.
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