Re: Debain over Redhat

[Katipo <katipo@weavers-web.org>]

Michael Satterwhite wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I haven't used the Red Hat installer, so I really can't compare. I found the 
> new Debian Installer (both Beta 2 and Beta 3) incredibly easy to use, 
> however. I even got a clean install without looking at any of the 
> instructions (that was a test run. I was trying to see how intuitive it was). 
> Remember that I'm a Debian newbie - although not a Linux newbie.
>
> Question: Is Red Hat *REALLY* that much easier to setup? It seems difficult to 
> believe it could be. Note that I've never tried the old Debian installer.
Anaconda is good, but I believe that even that is ported to Debian now, 
courtesy of Progeny.
But from the sound of Joeys' post the other day, the new installer is 
just about there also. LVM, XFS, and other goodies all there at kernel 
installation stage.
Yes, please.
Regards,

David.