[ale] The rest of Redhat - FREE HAT!!! FREE HAT!!!

[cfowler]

up2date ssh 

would have done it too


On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 22:27, 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 Outdated packages do suck, but im willing to sacrifice for the 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
> 
> 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 :)
> 
> 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eye-opener that Linux is not just RedHat or an outdated Caldera CD).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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