Changing from Redhat to Debian

blinux-list at redhat.com (Weber Walter M) · Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:14:45 -0400

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Hi All,

Several months ago, when I first joined this list, I asked the same
questions and was urged to study Debbie, Slackware, and Redhat.

   I visited each home site and saw so much data there that I decided to put
off the study until the fall, when my workload lightened.

   However, I have not found any blind user lists other than this and have
found the support here so cordial, so knowledgeable, and so prompt that it
seems clear to me that Redhat would probably end up being my choice. So, I'm
wondering why I should even bother studying the data on the others.

   It seems, furthermore, that whatever shortcomings there may be in Redhat,
there's a work around.

Thanks,

Walt

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Heim [mailto:jheim@facstaff.wisc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:22 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Changing from Redhat to Debian

About 6 months ago I studied the distribution wars on Usenet and then 
orderd 3 distros from one of the cheap CD companies in this list's FAQ. I 
ordered SUSE, Redhat, and Slackware and installed each one in turn. And I'm 
no closer to figuring out which is the "best" distro than I was before all 
that work.

The never ending argument over the best distro on Usenet usually amounts to 
a series of claims by one group that the other distro doesn't do something 
and then proponents of the other distro saying that it does indeed do that. 
On and on like that.

And I didn't get any impression that any of the 3 distros I tried was much 
easier to install than another. In fact, if one is easier than another, 
it's only because it takes some of the control away from you which may or 
may not be a good thing.

There may be an answer to the question of which one is best for blind users 
but I don't anyone can say which one is the best over all.

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi All,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Several months ago, when I first joined this list, I =
asked the same questions and was urged to study Debbie, Slackware, and =
Redhat.</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; I visited each home site and saw so much =
data there that I decided to put off the study until the fall, when my =
workload lightened.</FONT></P>

&nbsp;&nbsp; However, I have not found any blind user =
lists other than this and have found the support here so cordial, so =
knowledgeable, and so prompt that it seems clear to me that Redhat =
would probably end up being my choice. So, I'm wondering why I should =
even bother studying the data on the others.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; It seems, furthermore, that whatever =
shortcomings there may be in Redhat, there's a work around.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thanks,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Walt</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Jack Heim [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:jheim@facstaff.wisc.edu";>mailto:jheim@facstaff.wisc.edu</=
A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:22 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: blinux-list@redhat.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: Re: Changing from Redhat to Debian</FONT>
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About 6 months ago I studied the distribution wars on =
Usenet and then 
 orderd 3 distros from one of the cheap CD companies =
in this list's FAQ. I 
 ordered SUSE, Redhat, and Slackware and installed =
each one in turn. And I'm 
 no closer to figuring out which is the =
&quot;best&quot; distro than I was before all 
 that work.

The never ending argument over the best distro on =
Usenet usually amounts to 
 a series of claims by one group that the other =
distro doesn't do something 
 and then proponents of the other distro saying that =
it does indeed do that. 
 On and on like that.

And I didn't get any impression that any of the 3 =
distros I tried was much 
 easier to install than another. In fact, if one is =
easier than another, 
 it's only because it takes some of the control away =
from you which may or 
 may not be a good thing.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>There may be an answer to the question of which one =
is best for blind users </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>but I don't anyone can say which one is the best =
over all.</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<BR>

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