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On Friday 07 February 2003 09:27 pm, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
> yes... Outdated packages do suck, but im willing to sacrifice for the
> simplisity of apt-get.
>
> so apt-get is the main feature that attracts me to apt-get

Well, not to be argumentative. I strongly suggest you try "YaST." It is easier 
to use than apt-get. How easy? I don't use the keyboard at all !! (Synaptic 
is a YAST-like front-end for RedHat's apt-get but the number of packages are 
limited when it comes to 8.0).

I just found "Yast2" the holy grail of SUSE upgrades. It has more software 
than I have ever seen. It has a LOT (like RedHat). 


>
> but another nice thing is the small install... All I have to do is
> install them as I need them.
>
> Infact today, it hit me that I didnt have SSH... so I su as root and
> type apt-get install ssh... and 30 seconds later... I can SSH away!
>
> gentoo is nice, the only downsides I currently see are the install
> process, (Ive never used such a hard installer... infact... it dosent
> even have an installer :P) and also gentoo tends to get broken very
> easily :)

YES. I was on a "mission" to get Gentoo, and realized that without an 
installer,  it makes a better "learning experience" than a "I need it right 
now to do some work" OS. I did find the speed and stability that I was 
searching for in SUSE.


>
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> >Really, I have an open mind now. Last time I went to Debians web site,
> > they were "taking a stand" against providing ISOs (that people like me
> > could use). I had trouble navigating their site, and eventually gave up.
> > I didn't tell anyone because I felt stupid for not even being able to
> > find clear installation instructions or a well designed site.
> >
> >Apparently, they have changed. I was easily able to find:
> >ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/debian-cd/images/3.0_r1/i386
> >I am guessing that they are making efforts to update their software more
> >quickly (when I saw it even the kernel was back a few versions).
> >
> >I would be interested in knowing what Debian features that is better than
> > SUSE or RedHat. Not to start a religious war about distros, but it would
> > be nice to hear what key features make each distro "better."
> >
> >For me, the only thing I don't like about SUSE is that I am not used to it
> >yet. I can't find stuff where RedHat puts it. :) (like /etc/HOSTNAME
> >instead of /etc/sysconfig/network).
> >
> >I have a 60 GB drive that I plan to install several OSes on (and finally
> > build Gentoo from scratch) so that I can learn as much as I did today
> > (big eye-opener that Linux is not just RedHat or an outdated Caldera CD).
>
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