On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
> 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.
Maybe you don't. I work for a Linux integrator. We *do* do installs every
day. :-) And the fact that I've yet to see a Debian install CD that didn't
crash, burn, and then explode is real turn off. :-( I am eagerly awaiting
the "potato" release in the hopes that things will improve, but I've been
doing that for almost a year now. :-(
> What I do like is dselect and apt-get.
I do have to hand it to the Debian folks, APT simply rocks. I wish I wish
oh boy do I wish Red Hat would add that kind of functionality to RPM.
For the Red Hat users out there: There is a tool for RPM-based systems,
called "rpmfind", which is kind of a pale shadow of APT. Basically, type
"rpmfind foo" and it will locate and download package "foo". It doesn't
handle dependencies, but it is better then nothing. Red Hat has included it
as of RHL 6.0 or so.
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
> Debian's soon-to-be-released "potato" version ...
My only problem with Debian (aside from the really horrid installs) is the
fact that you can grow old and die waiting for a new release of the stable
distribution. Debian is fine for hackers, but in a production environment,
where you want to keep the "Gee, I wonder if this package is stable" questions
to a minimum, one release every two years really doesn't cut it. :-(
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