Re: Help

["Morgan Terry" <morgan@unibasetech.com>]

"Brooks R. Robinson" wrote:
> 
> Start of Soap Box
> 
> I agree wholeheartedly.  If I want Microsoft Linux, I'll buy Redhat.  Truly,
> that is the standard that must be met for "ease" of installation.  If you
> want to simply follow instructions to set up an OS, install a Microsoft OS;
> in the same manner also, if you want a quick Linux box, install Redhat.
> Don't expect that you'll understand even the slightest fraction of what
> you're doing or why, but you'll have an OS.  I expect that because Debian
> isn't the easiest thing in the world to install and configure properly, that
> I will learn more about UNIX and it's derivatives because I've installed
> something off the beaten path.  And isn't that how Linux came into
> existence?  By being off the beaten path.  I could ramble more, but I've
> said enough.
> 
> End of Soap Box
> 

My first distro was RedHat (5.0, 5.1, & 5.2). I originally installed it
just for the hell of it, plus the fact that I couldn't tolerate the
daily (or even hourly) crashes of 'doze 95 anymore.  RedHat shelters you
from the major things, but I did learn enough about Linux that I could
move up to other distros.  Now that i've outgrown RedHat, i've moved to
Slackware, and now Debian.  Debian is by far the best distribution i've
tried, but I think distros like RedHat do have their place, and do serve
the purpose of promoting Linux somewhat.  If not for RedHat, I probably
wouldn't have started using Linux as early as I did (if at all), and
that would truly be a shame.  I love Linux, whether it be RedHat or
Slackware or Debian or.... 

-- 
Morgan	[zombie-m@yahoo.com]          

He who sacrifices functionality for ease of use loses both and deserves
neither.