> There is one other very big difference: update mechanisms. IMHO one of > the most important differences is the update (security or otherwise) > mechanism. (you did touch on this later in your email). rpm hell is to > be avoided.
Nonsense. I run SuSE server(s), the update mechanism is excellent and free. rpm hell? You must have misunderstood something. It never happened to me. On my desktop, I can tick "automatic", and each time I log in (or I click a little con in the panel), it checks for updates, and if any, a window pops up saying "the following new updates have been found - enter root password to install", with bells and whistles, e.g. obviously I can deselect those I wish not to install. All installed packages are gpg protected (or won't be installed). Source is anything I like, e.g. SuSE's server or my local rsynced mirror. You have a problem which doesn't exist. In fact the only package hell I've ever had was with a Debian unstable server (I didn't do it). Putting any unstable distro on a server is, eh, unwise. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
