On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 23:50:01 -0700, Lakshmi Shanmugam wrote: > This is just to know which linux flavor Debian or > Redhat Linux is easy to use both for administration / > configuration as well as for hardening linux. In my experience, Debian is usualy more stable (even unstable one). Didn't try latest RedHat however. I also think Debian has smoother upgrading. > Does application developed using network device vary > with debian linux and RH linux. I presume the kernel > image remains the same for both. RedHat ships a kernel with LOTS of additional patches, that are not in the mainline. Debian ships a kernel with SOME additional patches. However, which kernel you use is orthogonal to what distribution you use. You can compile your own kernel which whatever patches suits you. All programs work exactly the same on all distributions. Only difference is default configuration. After all, distribution is just a collection of programs and a tool to ease installing/deinstalling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
