Re: Which Distro

From: Mattias Honrendgard (comeand_at_kissmyfatarse.com)
Date: 02/29/04


Date: 29 Feb 2004 11:52:01 -0800


> I need to find another Distro.
>
> I understand that most Distros are very similar. I need one that does
> not automatically start any service with the install. I would rather
> have it not install the application until I need it. I am also very
> used to the RPM's that are provided by RedHat, so I would like to find
> another Distro that supports the same time of feature. The up2date
> application provided by RedHat was very nice, and if a Distro has it,
> then I would look seriously into using it.

Try Slackware or Debian. They both support package managers and both
have utilities similar to "up2date".



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