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Re: Best linux Distro 2011



On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 03:58:54PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:49:17 +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 05:26:47PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > And Well Debian wins over all the Distros :)
> >> 
> >> Nice!
> >> 
> >> But openSUSE is far better than Ubtuntu in almost any aspect... :-P
> > 
> > I had to work with servers runing openSUSE for a few years and I beg to
> > differ.  I prefer any Debian flavour over openSuse.
> 
> "Any" Debian flavour... you mean you prefer Ubuntu over openSUSE for a 
> server? Wow... can you expand that POV? 

Well, package management on OpenSuse was a pain in the neck.  Just to
mention two points:

*  It was a HPC-cluster that I was administrating.  Normal updating of
   packages was a lot slower than on Debian servers.
*  The availability of specialised packages was also a pain. Many times
   we had to build packages specially that was not available in the normal
   repositories while on Debian Servers I could only do 'apt-get
   install' 

I do not like Ubuntu very much. I use Debian on desktop and on servers.
My experience of rpm-based systems (I also worked with Redhat many
years ago) was never pleasant.  That is the main reason for my remark
above.

Regards
Johann
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Johann Spies                            Telefoon: 021-808 4699
Databestuurder /  Data manager

Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie
Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology 
Universiteit Stellenbosch.

     "But my God shall supply all your need according to his
      riches in glory by Christ Jesus."    Philippians 4:19 


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