Re: Debian

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

i was a user of slackware as well, i chose debian because:

1) friend reccomended it
2) it had the largest(and still does i think) number of developers
3) it is known as being top quality
4) it has a huge number of packages

since then i have just adapted to it, not sure technically what places it
above the others other then just overall better control, as in they spend
more time comming out with releases making sure it works really well. and
apt is pretty cool too i didnt touch apt till almost 2 years after i
installed debian though.

in the end it really comes down to personal preference, and the situation
(if your using commercial software that will only support you if you run
redhat..then maybe its best to use redhat ..stuff like that)

nate

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Bart Friederichs wrote:

plant >Hi,
plant >
plant >Can anybody tell me why Debian is better than other distributions? And don't
plant >give me the 'it is the only really non-commercial version' crap. I want real
plant >technical benefits. Or is it all a matter of flavor? I have been using
plant >Slackware for one or two years now and I also liked that one. Switching to
plant >Debian was necessary because the store didn't sell slack.
plant >
plant >Bart
plant >
plant >
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