Re: Returning to RedHat

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:28:16 -0500
Price Technology <info pricetechnology net> wrote:

> Are they returns or first time migrations ??
> 
> I consider RedHat to be the defacto standard Linux distribution.  More
> people have heard of RedHat than any other.  That's the reason I chose
> RedHat in the beginning and the reason I'm sticking with it.
> 
> I've had others try to convince me to follow other distributions and
> some have given compelling, alomost convincing, reasons.  When you
> start looking for books on the subject however, RedHat has been
> written about more than any other, surpassing even Linux itself.  (No
> I don't have any statistics here, just my observations.  Call me old
> fashioned, but I'm a book freak)
> 
> I'd say it's probably not a question of returning to RedHat so much as
> it's a question of migrating from somewhere else.
> 
> Joebewan

I've tried others and haven't cared too much for them. Some are fine as
they stand. But I don't see any compelling reason to change.

Most of the reasoning I've gotten had to do with "purity" and "really
learning things from the ground up" whatever those phrases really mean.
There aren't any really good reasons for me to change that anybody has
been able to offer.

I look at it this way, and frequently argue this angle, too. I start
with a good and stable system released by Redhat, has everything I need
for the most part. I add what I want that doesn't exist in the default
install. I upgrade versions via tarballs. I add beta things from Rawhide
and other sources. I tweak and  recompile and wipe and add some more. In
the end, what is it that's totally different from the others, excepting
I have RPM already installed, a good RPM database, and everything the
way I want it? If apt is so superior, no problem. I add it. If GCC3.0 is
best, no problem, I add it.

Once I'm done my system still SAYS it's Redhat $RELEASE. But it isn't
any longer because I've changed so much of it manually. And I'll keep
doing that until a major upgrade (or I really munge something with all
of my beta installing), at which time I wipe the main partitions and
start over.

> On Saturday 06 July 2002 03:02 pm, Robert Jones wrote:
> > redhat-list-request redhat com wrote:
> > >  
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > > -------
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: Returning To RedHat
> > > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 12:38:13 -0500 (CDT)
> > > From: Steven Whatley <swhatley blkbox com>
> > > Reply-To: redhat-list redhat com
> > > To: RedHat-List <redhat-list redhat com>
> > >
> > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, SoloCDM wrote:
> > > > I noticed an increase in the number of messages on the mailing
> > > > list. Is there a migration back to RedHat from Mandrake, KRUD,
> > > > and other flavors of Linux?  If so, why?
> > >
> > > I find RedHat Linux to be easier to find in stores like Best Buy
> > > and CompUSA.  I don't ever recall seeing Mandrake in stores.  I've
> > > seen S.U.S.E. (sp?), Slackware, and mayby Debian (sp?) as well but
> > > not as much as RedHat.
> > >
> > > Later,
> > > Steven
> >
> > Silly old me! I attributed the increased traffic here to flight from
> >  M$
> > Windows.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Robert
> 
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