* "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-07-03 > Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: > | IIT appears to be moving towards Debian...The DCF of my department (computer > | science) shifted all desktops from Suse to Debian Etch recently. My lab > | (RISE) shifted all desktops from RHEL/Fedora to Debian Lenny recently. > > Would it be possible for you to share as to what were the factors that > went with RISE move from RHEL to Debian ?
WHY I RECOMMEND DEBIAN: 1. It is not controlled by any company 2. Superior design (Ex: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives) 3. Stability (Ex: Used on the space shuttle mission STS-83) 4. APT 5. FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) -- Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
