Debian is very easy to upgrade and also makes package management very simple. I would assume however that Redhat is just as accessible although I've only used Debian and Slackware a long time ago. You can upgrade from one version of Debian to another without even rebooting; this is very nice! Matt At 08:33 PM 8/11/2002, Rafael Skodlar,,, wrote: >I guess I have more times than others to answer some questions today. >It's all between office, home, and visitng my friends. > >There is no way to change to debian without major problems IMO besides >reinstalling the OS. I do not want to make you change your mind about >the distribution you use. The reason I mentioned it is my recent >experience with both, Redhat and Debian where the second one turned out >to be easier to maintain and install on different systems I manage. >The way I upgrade the systems is using a second disk drive where I >backup critical files first, then reinstall everything in OS section. >Since my home is always on a separate partition it's not hard to >completely replace the OS and preserve important files. Second drive is >only as precautionary measure which so far was never needed for recovery >but you never know. > >Redhat made a big mistake with major differences between 7.0 and 7.1 >where the upgrade was impossible. Another reason is that in order to >quickly download necessary security updates, Redhat charges $60 per >system per year which is too much IMO when the alternative is free. I do >not mind paying something for the software but there are limits. > >Debian has it's own funny ways of doing things and until you learn about >it, you might have problems and frustrations. Some hardware is hard to >get supported sometimes. That's one of the reasons I paid little >attention to it until recent new release 3.0 aka woody. > >I don't want to start another distribution war, it's just my opinions >since you asked. > >On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 06:44:28PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Rafael, > > You seem to be the answer guy today. In your reply to my questions about > > changing to ext3 you said that Debian had much better packaging than > > Redhat. I have Redhat 7.1, with a bit of 7.2. How would I change to Debian > > with a minimum of pain? > > Thanks. > > John > > > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > >-- >Rafael > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list