On 21-Sep-00 Fred A. Miller wrote:
"Wrong. The Debian install sucks. This distribution is supposed to be the poster child for free software; it should be on an FBI Most Wanted poster. It's horrible. It is the worst OS install I've ever seen. It may be great once it's installed, and APT may be the world's finest tool for adding and upgrading applications, patching the kernel, and keeping up with security issues. But I can't say -- I can't get that far."
After reading Joe's article, one must feel even more "warm and fuzzy" about SuSE. :)
Fred
http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-09/f_lw-09-vcontrol_2.html
-- Not to start a war here, but I disagree. I'll admit you have to know your system a lot better for a Debian install. But its much more stable than SuSE...its maintainers put a lot more work into it (as in when a version is released it does usually have the patches for bugs that SuSE tends to release).
SuSE is a great distribution and its probably still somewhere between #2 or #3
for me right now. I'm in the process of converting over to a Stormix/Debian
combo. Stormix is basically what I would call a mix of the best of SuSE and
the best of Debian, making it really easy for newbies and experts too.
I've a few bad tastes in my mouth, from SuSE's more-than-the-usual number of
bugs in 6.4, to the price increases in 7.0...and then their space-bloat in
the entire install (if you disagree with the latter just trying
comparing an RPM distribution to a DEB-based one).
In short, I have no problem recommending SuSE to newbies, and businesses (lots
of good packages for that). Also many commercial-type packages (compared to
Debian's lack of pay-type apps, but then Stormix solves that lack). Stormix I
would recommend to newbies or experts. But Debian, only to experts!
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Arlen Carlson