I did the same a while back. i've swiched all my boxes so far.
First up the only weekness I've found. If you're running "stable" you may be a bit behind other distributions. Stable doesn't mean "hey, it worked fine for me". Stable means its been very thouroughly tested and done right. This is a very good thing, but it does cause some considerable lag sometimes. Debian is extremely stable and amazingly versitile. It will surprise you what you can find packaged for it. And Alien does a great job of converting .tgz and .rpm to debian .deb packages. The dependancy resolution of apt/dpkg blows away rpm, including the ability to say "hey, you need this for the packages you want to install but don't have it. Want me to get it and isnstall it for you?" The network install has worked great for me over a 24K connection a couple times. There are many mirrors so getting updates is easy. The support on this list is amazing. Robert Thus spake John L. Fjellstad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi, > > I'm a current RedHat user (started with Linux on RedHat because > it was available at Fry's), and I'm currently evaluating > Debian for a possible switch. > > Can anyone come up with a list of advantages of using Debian > Linux over Redhat Linux? > I would also love to hear any the weaknesses Debian has compared > RedHat. > > Thanks, > -- > John______________________________________________________________________ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes > icq: thales @ 17755648 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'