I suggest you combine both worlds and give Debian a shot .BUT.. if your a linux newbie you may want to play with Red Hat first to get the basics down first before moving on to a more challenging distro like Slackware. The only reason slackware maybe a tad more secure is because they do not update the packages as fast as Redhat/Debian/everyone else which avoids releasing packages with vulnerabilities. I still recommend Debian because its makes maintenence easy(most of the time).
Dan V ----- Original Message ----- From: "Security" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Madhavan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Slackware or Redhat? > > I've read differing opinions about the ease of use of Slackware - what > > are your personal opinions? Is Slackware more secure 'out of the box'? > > From what I gather Slackware is a little harder to learn than Redhat, > > but a little more... configurable? Am I right? I have no problems with > > using the console and learning anything the hard way :D > > Then try FreeBSD. > www.freebsd.org > > -- > Jonas Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
