Re: [LUG] onsite installations

[Steve Marvell <steve@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 11:51:18AM +0100, Kai Hendry wrote:

> imo Debian *is* the best, and operating systems NEED to be updated to
> keep secure (if it is on the net). 

I concur.

> Debian does not "require" it to be updated at all. 

Well, if you type "apt-get update perl" it will try and update all
world of stuff. One of my debain boxed, which has been left for a
while, wants 180Mb of data downloaded to update perl. That's a night
over dialup. That's not great for onsite support.

> debian rules

Word.

> redhat/suse/rpm based distros suck

I hear you, but I wanted something easy for them.

Steve

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