On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Sagi Bashari wrote:
> On 04/01/2003 12:40, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> >RedHat is a distribution that aims to be suitable for the desktop as well
> >as for the server. Its package updating service up2date requires
> >registration, and AFAIK is less flexible than the Mandrake or Debian
> >offerings. Generally speaking, Mandrake aims to be a RedHat-compatible
> >distribution with many improvements, so it is possible that it is
> >preferrable.
> >
> >
> Just a note about up2date:
> If you register to redhat.com (free), you get one free server up2date
> entitlement. It is low priority entitlement though, so if the servers
> are stressed, the paying users will have higher priority.
>
> Since we mirror all the updates anyway, it should be easy to run a local
> up2date server instead (and should be a good idea in any case, as it
> will serve many people).
>
OK, then it is one less point that was not in favour of RedHat.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Sagi
>
>
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