Please...... distribution war again? :(
On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> So sprach Vadim Plessky am Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 03:33:43PM +0000:
> > -- they are very happy with YaST install
>
> Hmm, since SuSE 7.1 is not freely available I cannot test it. So I stick to
> my ancient knowledge of SuSE 5.3 - and this is, SuSE sucks.
>
> > -- they like configurability, number of options, etc. in SuSE
>
> Uhm, I don't understand this. Is it better than with Mandrake tools? How
> about Webmin - does it support SuSE? Webmin is a very important tool for
> me.
>
> > -- latest version, 7.1, available on DVD, so you don't have to swap 6 CDs in
> > order to find some RPM. Also, install process works very smoothly from one
> > DVD disk.
>
> Uhm, we don't have DVD-Roms...
>
> >
> > what they do not like:
> > -- latest version of SuSE Linux is not available for *free* download during
> > about 1 - 1.5 months after release.
>
> Yes, I know. Another reason why I dislike SuSE.
>
> > -- *I* could not find SRPMs even for released long time ago versions (6.4,
> > 6.3) Thanks Arnd Bergmann for the link - but it's rather difficult to find
> > such link yourslef. Haven't tested this link, though.
>
> Hmm, bad, yes.
>
> > Now let me propose some *manager-compatible* arguments:
>
> All were good - greatly appreciated!
>
> > -- Mandrake has the best KDE packaging
> > (yes I know that you prefer Gnome to KDE, but for some people, incl. manager,
> > it can be good argument)
>
> Yes, that's right. And if non-Unix types know, or have heard, something,
> than I suppose it's KDE. Well, nice thing about Linux - I can install KDE
> for other people but don't have to use it :)
>
> > Well, answering your initial request for SAMBA usage - I guess any Linux
> > distro (or LinuxFromScratch) will be ok.
>
> Yeah, that's right. I don't "care" much about SAMBA - as you've said, any
> distribution will probably do.
>
> Okay, I now have some quite good arguments for Mandrake vs. SuSE. How about
> Mandrake vs. RedHat? I don't think this is going to be that easy. How many
> *SUPPORT* contracts/contractors are available for Mandrake, and how many for
> RedHat? And which are avaiable?
>
> Alexander Skwar
>
