--- "Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Debian unstable on my machine for > the more than a year > now ... Are there other Debian users out there on > the list?? [snip] i know of many deb users on our ML....letz wait nd c h how many put up their handz...;) > > I need to come up with arguments to atleast try out > Debian instead of > RedHat. [snip] dude... i hope we aren't gonna start nd flame ware again....;) "The distro debate......". Don' get me wrong sameer.....experience tellz me that the most stable distro for servers and development.........Debians the word. Fortunately/Unfortunately.....when uninformed 1st time users go around askin for Linux.......,"they generally mean RedHat..., cause thatz the brand the Linux has been synonymised with.....Nd the credit goes to the media." Undoin the trend is wat we've been doin all along...;)
More than half a decade ago....when i was a novice hacker......this was all that that i knew..."RedHat". Pple may call it ignorance.......but that was all that i could lay my handz on @ that point of time....nd with a 56k dialup line.......thingz rnt ny better these dayz......my cable conntn sucks @ <3Kbps. I think it'z the sheer variety in the Linux world of which many of us profit from the choice, while some get turned away by the complexity due to the magnimous choices available. Lemme put a point accross.....i have used most of the distros available out there....... Including Debain.....in this endeavour of ur's can u make it apoint to raw up the weak points/stron points of the various popular distros. It will surely help pple(newbies....admins...vry1) guage wat they want .........nd it would b a better way of lettin the user decide on wat he/she wantz depending on the application deployment/development scenario. Trevor Warren > I use it for the sheer ease of upgrades and > stability. But I > need arguments strong enough to convince sysads and > end-users alike to > try it out, and to justify setting up a Debian > mirror. > > In fact, Debian is not too popular here in the IIT > ... I posted a > problem on the local newsgroups, and imagine, not a > single reply!!! > > Sameer. > -- > > MTech Student, > Reconfigurable Computing Lab, > KReSIT, IIT-Bombay. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Compare thinking about doing nothing and actually > doing nothing; > they are distinct enterprises. -- Philip Wadler > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ (/ | |_|_ \ Project Manager, Linux/Unix. ZCL / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
