[ILUG] Distro wars - was myths and truths

[Colm Buckley]

> Agreed. I'm not a Linux newbie, and the three times I've installed
> Debian left me frustrated, annoyed, and installing Mandrake or
> RedHat. It's too complex for it's own good. An install should take
> five minutes. Longer than that, and you are either installing from
> tape, or it's crap.

Well, I do agree that Debian's installation routines need a bit of work
- however, they are being worked on; I expect something like Mandrake
will be included soonish.  Debian really comes into its own when you
have a running system, though - updates and twiddles are really a lot
easier than on RH.

          Colm

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