Re: [tlug] Red Hat Linux end-of-life

[Alain Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Hi,

	I've worked with both Redhat and Debian.  And once you feel 
comfortable managing a Linux system in general the move to Debian isn't 
that bad.  In general the longest time is setup time as you sit down 
and figure out what applications you want on your machine.

	Once that is done you can just use:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade (or perhaps just this)
	to keep your Debian distro up to date.   If you ever need something 
it's merely just a
apt-get install <package>
	and all the dependencies will be figured out and installed for you.    
Once you're over that beginning hump Debian is really a pleasure to 
maintain.  The other nice thing is that you can start from a very bare 
Debian install and type something like:
apt-get install kde3
	or something like that and get yourself a running workstation after 
download and install of the packages.

	One thing that you might get bitten with Debian is if you have some 
extra software that assumes Redhat-flavor filesystem layout or library 
dependencies then it gets a little hairier.

Best regards,
Alain



On Nov 4, 2003, at 12:52 PM, Tony Laszlo wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:01:10 +0900 (JST)
> Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com> wrote:
>
>> I would be very happy if I could hear from anyone who has
>> a significant amount of experience with both Red Hat and Debian who
>> might be able to outline some of the differences in terms of demand in
>> technical skills for handling the two systems.
>
> With Debian you will probably be happier with the software
> updating system and "free" atmosphere, whether you stay with
> the stable branch or move to "unstable." In particular, I
> think you will prefer debs to rpms. With RH you will
> probably be happier with the tools that detect/recognize
> the hardware. Might want to keep a RH CD around, just for
> that purpose.
>
> And don't forget the other flavors.
>
>
>
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> Tony Laszlo
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