[ale] RH - disappointing

[David Bronson]

Chuck,

Debian is militantly free. Apt updates are painless (apt-get update,
apt-get upgrade) and your machine is easily kept current. There are many
free mirrors that give you the updates without making you pay anything.
I have felt for some time that Redhat's posture is becoming more M$ish.
You can refer to http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines for a
more complete explanation of Debian's particular philosophy.

I use Redhat for one reason. The Frontpage rpm's are easier (nobody
seems to want to fool with them for Debian). If that need goes away, or
if Redhat makes it even more difficult for me to secure my machine with
current packages, I will re-evaluate that need also.

That being said, I still think Redhat is a good distro for beginners.
Its ease of installation and hardware discovery is put together well.

Good luck with your quest,


On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 07:13:48PM -0500, Chuck Huber wrote:
> Okay, I'm all in favor of RedHat making a buck or two, but why
> do they have to hit me with $60 per system per year to keep it updated?
> 
> I wouldn't mind paying $60 per year for me to keep up all the systems
> for which I'm responsible (10 or so), but asking $600 a year is, like
> way, WAY too much.
> 
> I've really enjoyed the up2date service and have gotten quite used
> to the ease of installing new packages and keeping existing ones up
> to date.  However, their new pricing strategy is driving me elsewhere.
> 
> With that said... I'd like to get some input from y'all on other
> distributions since I haven't fooled around with anything except
> RedHat.  If you have a favourite, I'd like to hear what it is,
> why you prefer it over others, and any shortcomings you've encountered.
> 
> Thanks,
>     - Chuck
> 
> -- 
> "The purpose of encryption is to protect good people
> from bad people, not to protect bad people from the government."
>      Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems
> "The best way for government to control people is to remain in
>    a constant threat of war." ---Karl Marx
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>    safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin



-- 
David Bronson
Network Administrator
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