Re: RH Veteran is now a Debian Newbie
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Michael B Allen wrote:
> So I thought I'd try debian as it seems a little more
> consistent. Is this true? Is 3.0r1 glibc 2.3. How is support for
> UTF-8 locales? Etc. What surprises can a RH user expect?
I'm a former RedHat user too (changed back in 5.2/6.0 switching days).
Now, since I haven't used RedHat in ages, I don't know if these things still
apply (so don't see it as FUD against RedHat).
- - Because Debian has a policy in place, there is a consistency on where you
can find different types of files. For instance, all package installed
configuration files are in /etc. IIRC, in RedHat, some X11 configuration
files were in the /usr/X11R6 structure.
- - The menu system. Debian has a menu system that keeps the application
menu consistent across window managers. It's nice when you change from WM
to WM, and find the same application at the same place.
- - Upgrades, even between versions (like 2.2 to 3.0), is actually possible.
As to your other questions. AFAIK, 3.0r1 used glibc2.2. You need to run
sarge (3.1?, currently in testing) to get glibc2.3.
I haven't tested UTF-8 locales in Woody (3.0), but UTF-8 locales in Sarge
works fine.
As a RedHat user, I think you would be happier running the testing
distribution instead of the stable distribution (especially now that stable
has become so out of date). The packages have been tested enough to not
break too much, and it's somewhat up-to-date.
- --
John L. Fjellstad
web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
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