Re: What's a debian kid look like?

[Pollywog <croak@shadypond.com>]

On 2001.12.21 01:38 Akintayo Holder wrote:

> Almost all Linux s/w [free and commercial] run on redhat and most 
> support it. IOTW, there are rpms for Yahoo's IM but no debs

True, so I used Alien to make a deb from an rpm for Yahoo Messenger.  
Yahoo Messenger ran on my laptop just fine, but locked up my desktop 
almost every time.  I have no idea why this happened, since both machines 
were using Debian unstable.



> RH is easier to install by FAR
>
> RH is 'easier' to use. More people use it therefore there are more 
> sources for assistance. This is a big concern when you are trying to get 
> your modem to work.

Yes it is easier to install but after that you find out why they call it 
Red Hat ;)


--
Andrew