RE: just curious about Debian vs Redhat

["Paul McHale" <pmchale@doubleesolutions.com>]

Charlie,

 

I am not sure what you mean by upgrade.  Debian offers a unique program called apt-get which will download and install any package in .deb format.  It also scans for packages which have been updated.  It then downloads and updates them automatically.  I haven't seen this in any other OS other than microsoft.

 

-paul

-----Original Message-----
From: clread@mindspring.com [mailto:clread@mindspring.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:07 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: just curious about Debian vs Redhat

I've used both Debian (at home) and Redhat (at work).

Both have reasonable tools for managing software (dpkg for Debian, rpm for Redhat).

 

I've also done upgrades for both Debian and Redhat.

The upgrade I did for Debian took several nights and a few e-mails.

The upgrade for Redhat took about 20 minutes (no joke).

 

What is Debian's thrust?  Why is it better than Redhat?

[I'm just curious and not taking sides.]

 

Charlie