Re: New Debian User - Totally Impressed
Welcome to Debian!!
Mike
Quoting Chip Rose <ncrose@pinn.net>:
> Greetings,
>
> I just switched to deb3.0 from Mandrake8.0. I am beyond ecstatic with
> it. The install was easy (used 7cds from Linux Central), user-friendly,
> the defaults were acceptable even for a total beginner. I don't know a
> whole lot about Linux even after my past several years of constant use -
> the Redhat/Mandrake world has fogged my brain I guess. I've installed
> and used Redhat 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, Mandrake 6.0 and 8.0 over the past few
> years, and have been using Linux exclusively for that whole time.
> Redhat crashed often, and was a mind-numbing puzzle to update RPM's and
> figure out where things installed - nothing matched the Linux info I was
> reading on the web. Mandrake was more graphical and easier - I tired of
> puzzling over the thing - just wanted something stable, and I knew
> (thought) that Linux was more stable and powerful than M$-Windows. But
> despite its graphical ease, Mandrake crashed constantly! I thought it
> was my flaky hardware (not!), and I despaired of using Linux. I had
> often bragged to friends about how stable Linux was, how
> resource-efficient, and how Linux users rarely had to turn their
> computers off or reboot because of crashes. But it was practically a
> lie! I was so embarrassed when my system would crash constantly, even
> when no apps were running - yaaaghh!
>
> I've been using Debian3.0 for 3 days now - fast and stable - tons of
> packages that are easy to get and install. Already I've learned how to
> start ppp from the console and how to do it via scripts
> (chat/provider/pon/poff) - something I could never do in Mandrake/Redhat
> - I normally just rely on kppp to do the job for me, and I never learned
> anything in the process! Even rebooting my computer with Mandrake would
> cause a kernel panic - I had to wait 5 minutes before turning my
> computer back on or else Mandrake would freeze/kernel panic during the
> boot. Doing a system halt would segfault under Mandrake! I couldn't
> leave my computer on at the kdm logon screen - it would freeze the
> entire system. Once I spent a long hour on the web creating an online
> retirement plan with a lot of details, and then my computer just FROZE
> UP and I lost everything! Yaaaghhhhh!! The list just goes on and on..
> I could talk your ear off with it all.
>
> Normally I wouldn't have dared to type such a long note without first
> saving it, in case Mandrake would crash and I'd lose all my wonderful
> typing. Sorry for abusing bandwidth and list etiquette with this long
> email - I'm just on cloud nine because I'm finally using a REAL Linux,
> and I can now truthfully say:
> LINUX IS UNBELIEVABLY POWERFUL AND STABLE!!!!!
> Debian Linux that is!
>
> Thanks again for listening,
>
> Chip Rose
> ncrose@pinn.net
> Virginia Beach, VA
> "Debian Rules"
>
>
>
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