RE: 7.1 is out soon

["Oscar Porcar" <oporcar swantt com>]

Hello all,

> > I'm also used to the way RH installs; I've had EXCELLENT experience with
> > their support;  and once installed, you can treat the machine like
> > furniture.  It's there, it's running, it's doing its job without
> > intervention.  Throw a doily on top for pretty.
>
> What about Debian, if you try it once I think you will like it.

	I've tried Debian and looks good, but I think nowadays the
	people doesn't have time to lost.

	I say that because, the choice of the packages in Debian
	is almost hard in time.

	Poeple want to get the distro, insert the CD, install
	(if possible automatically) and see the system running.

> IIRC you failed to do it with that xinetd problem on RH 7.x ;) So pelase
> dont give the impression that a RH distro out of the box is ready to go
> online and it is better in satisfying peoples needs than any other.

	Ok, it's true. But is very difficult to tune up a distribution
	ready to use online, and doesn't matter if it's RH or Debian or
	...

	RH get out the distros very fast but they don't force to you
	to upgrade your system.

	I think that time is important when speaking about linux. The
	distributions try to offer a good looking OS for newbies to
	attract them to this world. And trying to offer a good product
	to expert users and companies.

	This combination is difficult to keep.

> Another reason why the original poster should stick with suse, he tried it
> and he likes it so its the one for him.

	If there was a distro that was the best all the poeple used it, but
	it's nt true, so anybody can use the distro he/she thinks is the
	best.

> So I think calling this so called extra software "CRAP", is going to the
> extreme and is not wise.

	So, say that a distro is the best and the others are sh**t I think
	it's a stupidity.

> Many heavy sites are running suse too...and many sysadmins swear by it
> just like you are doing so now about RH, so it really is a personal
> taste.

	Ok.

> I still am surprised that there was not a slight comment about debian from
> you Bill, its the ideal distro for the sysadmin and a person who knows
> what he is doing.

	You said it. It's a distro for exprienced users. Think that there
	is a lot of people getting in the world of linux and can't
	manage debian. So there are graphical distros during the
	installation and makes more or lees the things automatically.

> Naaaaah....6.x were good vintage ones, much better than 7.x :)

	That's true. 6.2 was and is a very good and stable distribution.

Salu2

Oscar Porcar
Dpto. Tecnico
Swantt Technologies