Re: Need Reasons for switching to Debian from Redhat
>> apt-get is quite nice. I like _running_ Debian, but it's too
>> bad the initial install is such a nightmare. Today it took
>> almost an entire day of futzing around to get a generic Woody
>> 2.4 system installed and running. Installing Redhat on the
>> same system takes about 15 minutes.
>
> yeah i suppose. but then i don't let 2.4.x kernel anywhere
> near my systems. 2.2.x does everything i need, and 2.2.19
> is solid as a rock.
None of the problems I observed were due to the 2.4 kernel.
The same problems have dogged the 2.2 Debian installs I've done.
> i don't know what kinda systems you run, but for me installing
> is quite fast..configuring is a different matter, most
> systems take several hours to configure.
I'm including "configuration" in the install time.
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