Benjamin Scott wrote:
> > REDHAT! it never works....ever...
>
> Given that Red Hat remains, by far, the most popular Linux distribution in
> use, and that Linux continues to gain market share, I'm going to have to
> disagree.
Me too. Red Hat is a nice linux distro to recommend to new linux users, just
because Id rather have system utilities help the user instead of them calling me
every 5 minutes for help :)
> Personally, I've done dozens and dozens of Red Hat installs, and the vast
> majority of them have been very smooth. Contrast this with my experience with
> Debian, the vast majority of which failed to work properly at all.
Except Red Hat's update option. I've heard sooo many horror stories about people
using the Upgrade option on Red Hat's installer. Debian on the other hand.... :)
> > I support debian because their the opposite of every other distro out
> > there...
>
> I support Debian as well, even if I don't use it. Their goals are noble.
> Their design is well specified, and their development completely out in the
> open. Their system of package maintainers provides an element of personal
> responsibility that Red Hat, et. al., lack. (I was very impressed when I
> learned that Debian package maintainers must submit public keys and photos
> before being allowed to contribute.)
I support any Linux distribution making the world of Linux a nice place to live.
>
>
> Most of all, though, I think their development model is superior. Debian
> takes the principles of Open Source software development, and applies them to
> distribution building and maintenance. Thus, they gain all the advantages Eric
> Raymond speaks of in "The Cathedral and the Bazaar". In the long run, I think
> Debian will succeed, and I eagerly await the day they take the lead in Linux
> distributions. They simply have not arrived yet.
Dont forget slackware!!!! :)
> > so there's no push to get a product out the door....with no push the take
> > their time and make sure that EVERYTHING works...
>
> Here I beg to differ. Profit is the not the only thing that can motivate
> people, and Debian -- just like Red Hat -- is far from perfect. Like any
> non-trivial software project, Debian has bugs. That is why there have been
> two more revisions of 2.2 since the original release. Furthermore,
> "everything works", even theoretically, only applies to the features included.
> When you talk about things that just plain do not exist in Debian (such as
> hardware detection), the picture changes rather significantly.
"Every system has bugs" -- NetBSD project
> > unlike some distros that like to package beta compilers with a .0 release
>
> I don't think Red Hat's "GCC 2.96" even qualified as "Beta". :-(
Teehee.
>
>
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