> However, myself I am not much interested in how the installations go
> (after a bit of sweat one can get most stuff working, that's the Linux/Unix
> way), but rather how good are these distros wrt working with them (daily!)
> for many months.
Bingo! That's the key.
I find Debian's install not to be pretty compared to other
distributions. Oh well, I can put up with that -- you don't install every
day. What I do like is dselect and apt-get. Those are the programs that
one typically use far, far more than the install. I can tag something,
smack return a couple of times, and the entire system is updated to the
latest package versions -- all from trusted sources which have tested the
packages to ensure they meet certain quality standards.
The little day to day things about Debian -- such as it never overwriting
one of my modified config files without asking, having the ability to
totally remove all files of a package or to only remove binaries and
libraries while leaving my customized configuration in place, or knowing,
guaranteed, that certain files will be in certain subdirectories -- is its
real strength. </SALES PITCH> :-)
--
Regards, | Do you like browsing the web, independent of whatever
. | type of computer you are talking to on the other end?
Randy | "Enhancements" to public standards and protocols is the
| way the WWW will be turned into a proprietary nightmare.
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