> David Fisher wrote:
>
> The only problem so far is I couldn't get a decent printer setup with
> magicfilter of apsfilter and had to go back to using printtool (which I was
> surprised to discover to be part of the Debian dist.).
That's because it's a GOOD TOOL! You won't get any of that corporate NIH
syndrome with Debian - if it's good Free Software, it's in the tree. :)
Refreshing, huh?
Still doesn't explain Linuxconf, but some explanations weren't made for
human ears.
The only time Debian goes out of its way to do something differently is with
structural things and distribution management things (ie. debconf, apt, yada
yada yada)
> However I hate to think how the install might have gone without the Linux
> experience and background I got from a year and a half of Red Hat.
I agree! Here's where my reasoning differs from most: RedHat doesn't cause
brain atrohpy because it's easy to use. It's a great system in itself, and
it certainly teaches you about how things work. In fact, I found it so
sheepishly integrated that I "found out how things worked" fairly often.
What worries me about using Debian is... brain atrophy. It is so well set up
by default, each package is so strongly part of the greater whole, it feels
like everything has been planned out and executed with (this is *so* not the
kind of word you'd throw around for any OS)... finesse.
> Chalk me up as a rabid Debian convert.
You haven't learned the handshake yet. (!)
> Apologies to all for the on-topic post.
Too right. Trouble maker. ;)
- Jeff
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