Changing from Redhat to Debian

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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
> >
> >
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>Rafael
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