Re: [LUG] Wanting to really put an effort to learn Linux properl

[kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Horne wrote:

> On 08-Jan-2002 at 10:57:53 Steve Marvell wrote:
>
> > I'll stand up and say "Redhat for newbies, Debian for pros".
>                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> In what way for pros rather than redhat, mandrake, etc?
debian for pros because debian is better for long term use - after a 
year or so the RPM system gets its dependencies mixed up to the extent 
that installing/upgrading software is extremely difficult.

kev

> > Am I right in thinking that Mandrake is an optimised Redhat?
> I would not have said 'optimised'. As far as I remember Mandrake was created
> basically as redhat linux with the KDE X window system as the default
> user interface. It also had a simpler installation procedure. In that
> respect it was easier for users/newbies to install and go...:-)
>
>
>
> John.
>
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