Re: redhat vs debian

From: Marouen (marouen-removethis_at_tuxfamily.org)
Date: 11/12/03 

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:24:35 +0100

"Jim" <jdblaich@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message news:
pan.2003.11.11.21.51.16.913826@hotmail.com...
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:20:42 +0200, Invalid User wrote:
>
> > What are the benefits of redhat over debian, and the other way
> > round?
>
> I don't agree with the prior poster. He seems arrogant and unwilling. If
> he didn't like the question he should have moved on rather then replying.
>
> Redhat is significantly easier to install. It is better designed. The
> installer is designed to make the OS and optional packages very easy to
> implement. It is very much a version of linux with the potential to
> become the desktop version of choice if Linux can get itself onto the
> desktop en-masse.
>
> Debian is weak in the install. It doesn't have a graphical install. It
> is designed, it seems, to be a package that can be installed at a minimum
> and then you add more to it.
>
You forgot other points such as :
- Debian is a really GPL without any commercial code, that's why some peole
prefer it to RH
- RH is good for desktop and beginners but with fedora, it seems that they
will leave this point for others such as mandrake.

After some years, you'll not hear about RH without paying a lot of many to
get a redbox with Entreprise CDs
I'm not against RH but that's the truth !

Marouen

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