Quoth Arie Folger:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to give debian (testing branch; I believe it's called sid) a
sarge
> Is is glibc 3.x based? I tried in vain to look through the package list and
> found no mention of glibc.
2.2
> How do you download the whole binary tree? In RH I simply downloaded the
> iso-images and then applied all subsequent upgrades. Debian seems to function
> differently; when I browsed an ftp mirror, I couldn't find the actual
> packages.
you don't. or - download the iso images. wasteful, but possible. use
apt-get instead.
> Are there significant differences between the RH and the debian file
> structure (as in, more in /opt and in /usr/local? RH has almost
> nothing there)? Can I use the same /etc and /var for both? (obviously
> /home and /tmp can be shared, but I guess that /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin,
> ... can only be shared if all are based on the same libc & glibc major
> version)
yes. significant differences. you cannot mix. no - you cannot use same
/etc and especially /var.
> Thanks in advance. I searched throughout the debian web site but
> couldn't find straight answers to these questions, and I found very
> little info comparing these two distros. (no flaming, please, I just
> want to try one more distro. ducking ... ;-))
debian does not bother with penis-measuring.
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