Greetings, I myself am a Debian user, however I have had the experience of using both RedHat and Slackware, and these are my thoughts on the comments put forward. > 1. redhat is out of date Umm out of date? As far as I am aware RedHat release more frequently than Slackware, and there is always the up2date utility to make sure your RedHat system is kept current with all the latest security fixes etc. > 2. redhat takes too many resources and is slower by over 50% This is highly dependant on what applications you have installed. If you installed the same packages on a Slackware system than you did on a RedHat system they would run at exactly the same speed, short of a couple of kernel patches that may vary speed *slightly* but not as much as 50%. > 3. doesnt take as much disk space and is easier to install. Slackware's installation is slightly more text based than the RedHat installer, however I personally found RedHat easyer to get up and running quickly. As for the comment on disk space, this once again depends on what you install. RedHat does install a number of packages that I personally feel are not terribly necessary, however with RedHat's package management system it is easy enough to remove unwanted packages. > 4. redhat updates every few months or so...... Hahaha, I thought comment one said that RedHat is out of date *grins*. What it basicly comes down to is preference, work in the environment in which you feel most cumfortable. If you are fairly new to Linux then it may be a good idea to go with the same distribution that you have friends / coworkers to help you with. If you have been using RedHat for a while and you find it does what you need then I'd say, why change it. I hope this has been helpful.
