[ltp] Experience from updating RH 6.2 to RH 7.0 on TP 770X

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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On 20 Nov 2000, Jon A. Solworth wrote:

> Friedemann Baitinger <fb@baiti.net> writes:
> 
> > >         I have decided that Redhat is very, very bad and I am now using
> > > debian (as per Thomas Hood's advice) and am very happy.  Haven't tried
> > > 4.0 again, but things seemmuch more stable under debian.
> > 
> > Could you elaborate? What is bad with RedHat and what does Debian do
> > better?
> > 
> 
>         The fundamental advantage of Debian is that they have an infrequent,
> and very stable set of releases which are compensated with by a list of
> internet sites which enable much more aggressive updates.  It is easy to
> update a Debian system and far more reliable than with RedHat, assuming
> that you have access to a fast internet connection.  The number of packages
> for Debian is far larger and maintained in a distributed manner.
> 
>         RedHat 7.0 problems:
> 
>         1. Broke apm on 600E
>         2. Apm scripts provided referenced programs in wrong directory
>         3. Lockups in X windows several times a day
>         4. Documentation terrible given the bleeding edge introductions:
>                  eg. gcc, xinetd, etc.
>         5. Propensity to ship non-released versions
>            >> Especially the non-released gcc compiler.
>         6. Undocumented system administration
> 
>         Now, debian requires a lot more questions to be answered during
> the install, but then the system is set up properly.  With redhat, things
> need to be changed by hand and its difficult to find the files.

Thanks much. I have 4 years experience with SuSE and extensively messed
with RedHat 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 7.0 now. So why not give Debian a
shot. Since I have a good, reliable, fast Internet connection I will go
ahead and see what mileage I can get out of it.

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Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net       http://baiti.net/fb/
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