Re: How popular is Debian (popularity contest)

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

John Fleming wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Summerfield" <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 6:45 AM
> Subject: Re: How popular is Debian (popularity contest)
>
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> > George Roman wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > " right" is a relative word. debian is the right choice for me, if others
> > > (people who use other dist) prefer to reinstall their systems with each
> > > new release it is their business.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > Which distros need to be reinstalled for each new release?
> >    
>
> Fedora recommended a new install when going from FC1 to FC2, and the mail
> list complaints afterwards were huge.  It was strongly advised to -not- try
> to upgrade using yum or rpm.  I tried the middle ground - Got the full
> distro on DVD and let the anaconda installer do the upgrade.  My stuff still
> needed more fixing than I knew how to do.  I've unsubscribed from that mail
> list now, so I don't know the current state of the art.  Maybe FC3 will be
> better, but I don't see how one could beat the way Debian works with
> apt-get.
>  
I'm surprised, but I left RH after 7.3. To that point, and to 9 I 
believe, you could upgrade back over several releases.

It has to be said, though, that Fedora isn't a real distro:-) The 
distros are RH EL variants, and Fedora Core is a testing ground, perhaps 
a little better organised than Rawhide, Cooker, Sid and such.

> Enter Debian - Even though I'm a relative newbie to both Linux and Debian, I
> have been VERY happily using Debian unstable for several months now.  Using
> "mainstream stuff" like Apache, SpamAssassin, Mailman, SquirrelMail, ClamAV
> etc.  I might try Sarge when it makes stable, but right now, I have no
> reason to switch.
>  

Don't be too surprised with Sid breaks: it does sometimes.


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John

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