[ILUG] linux myths, random thoughts

[Colm Buckley]

Kevin Lyda writes:

> it's probably come across that i like redhat more then other
> distributions, but i'm not sure i've ever spelled out why.  overall i
> see redhat as a better system for the following reasons:
> 
>    better platform support: [...]> 
>    free software: everything they write is released gpl'ed [...]> 
>    rpm: it just makes things easier [...]
> 
> no other unix, *bsd, or linux offering gives me those three things.

Hmm.  Distribution war alert!

I'd like to point (again) to the advantages of the Debian distribution.
It offers the same platforms as RH, it's even more GPL-oriented than RH,
and once you're used to it, you'll come to see that the debian package
manager is *vastly* superior to RPM.  The automatic updates are a real
blessing...

Debian's also easier to tweak, when things need tweakin'

I'm not necessarily recommending that anyone change distributions, but
if anyone's setting up a new Linux system, and if they have a modicum of
clue and interest in what's going on under the hood, give Debian a
whirl.

See this month's LJ for more comparisons...  there's also a poll on (I
think) ZDnet somewhere in which Debian came out tops...

          Colm

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