Re: Debian vs. Red Hat

[Chris Gray <cgray@nowonder.com>]

Paul,

> 
> > It's to anyone,  I've mainly used Debian, because of it's
> > stability, but our
> > ISP has a contractor who's opinion is   "Red Hat's the best,
> > thats why they
> > are so popular."  I want to dipute this, but I need more than just my own
> 
> It is my experience most people feel whatever they are familiar with is the
> best for situation.  I don't think I know *that* much about debian.  I do
> know .deb is worlds better than .rpm.  When it comes to debian, you are
> talking to the choir.

However, dpkg is worlds slower and takes up worlds more memory than rpm.  

> The install of debian was (is?) pretty painful.  Compared to redhat, it is
> monumental for the uninitiated.  I recommend Storm or Corel for the
> installation challenged.  I think their install easily rivals Redhat.  It
> can't get much easier than Corel.  Storm is not far behind.  Both
> (especially Storm) offer apt-get (auto install and maintenance of packages)
> with a high degree of debian compatibility.

I had a rough time installing Corel and my boss wouldn't even allow me
to install Stormix.  On the other hand, it took me about 5 minutes to
get a good working Debian installed.  Things that are easy to one person
are not to another.

> Just my biased two cents.

Mine too.

Cheers,
Chris