I can't compare Slackware to Debian, but I can credit Debian with being the first distro to give me the confidence to delete my windows partition. I've run Mandrake 7.2 as a desktop, but still felt the need to dual boot win98. I've tangled with Slackware and FreeBSD briefly, but installing Debian 3.0 on my workstation was the greatest thing I ever did for myself. Security is a breeze with PAM and/or login.defs and the SystemV/init.d(?) style startup is my preference for services initiation. XFree86-4.1 and windowmaker make for almost too pretty a desktop for a respectable unix user ;) I also agree with Giacomo on the point that " The wise man chooses what he is best at maintaining". A default potato2.2 install makes for a stable and secure server for just about anyting right out of the box. But with the ease of apt-get/dpkg and security.debian.org I feel confident running woody3.0 on all of my servers. (7 machines on my home/business network) The latest software releases combined with generally prompt security updates and my own hardening techniques makes for just about anything/everything I could ask for in an operating system. I'll recommend debian to anybody for everything. And I'll pitch in whatever help I can offer to make sure that someone has an enjoyable experience with what I feel is a quality example of what linux should be. Both for the fundamentalist and the technologist.
-Brad Beck 'vehement debian advocate' On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:49:59 +0800 "Patrick Hsieh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Brad B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > Agree. Can someone give any persuasive reason for me to say goodbye to > Slackware and embrace Debian? They differ a lot in their philosophy and > development model. Is there any guys switching from Slackware to Debian? > > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 01:26:10 -0500 > Brad B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think it matters what distro the newcomer starts with...once one > > knows what they are doing to the point of making an educated decision, the > > wise man chooses debian. > > Potato is stable to the point of almost being boring, and Woody/Sid are > > always fun to play with. > > > > Viva la Debian! > > > > -Brad Beck > > 'vehement debian advocate' > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG public key http://pahud.net/pubkeys/pahudatpahud.gpg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
