What can you say about that one? I do not know it, and would like to hear opinions of anyne. Luke On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Well, the redhat distro likes to run its update program in graphics mode > unless told otherwise. It's the -nox switch that has to be used to > prevent that bit of misbehavior. I'll not pass on debian never having run > it right now I'm not qualified. Another distribution but only for the > adventurous is at http://www.crux.nu and is called crux linux. That > version of linux has no graphics to fight with. > > On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Matt wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >