I think this is always the same story... Debian moves slower than any other distribution in most of the packages it offers. This is an element in the chose of a distribution. However, generally speaking, the packages have a better quality. Setting up debian is definitively less easy than the others due to the lack of nice install and detection system etc.., this is a fact (even if a lot of people are working on nice features arriving sometimes) , but eveything supported by any linux distro can work in debian too, it is just a matter of patience (in the case of Xfree) or doing the work yourself. Debian is alway compared to a power user distro, this is a fact i reckon even if installing is a really easy thing to do.I would never change from debian to anything else anymore because i know how to make it work for my needs. If you're happy with a distro, why change ? Major rule is to never change something which works...
JeF On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 10:41, Mike MacCana wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 04:17, Mick Boda wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a friend who wants to swap Debian Woody (3.0?) for Redhat 8.0. > > > > I'm not particularly happy Redhat 8.0, preferring 7.3 and am looking to change > > distros. I have always wanted to try Debian, but after frustrating network > > and video problems, I never got past the install with "potato". > > Out of interest, why weren't you happy with Red Hat 8.0? > > Mike > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________ > Mike MacCana Consultant RHCE, MCSE, MCP+I > Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years > Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development > Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- -> Jean-Francois Dive --> [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is no such thing as randomness. Only order of infinite complexity. - Marquis de LaPlace - deterministic Principles - -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
