[ale] Linux Distributions

Josh Murrah jmurrah at spaceghost.salug.org
Mon Sep 29 10:52:19 EDT 1997


I use Slackware solely becaues I 'cut my teeth' on it many years ago.  I
don't like the sysV init too much, but as you've already mentioned, I do
miss a good package manager.  As it is, every 6 months I take my box
down, back it up, and reformat/install it, due to all the 'old stuff' that
it has after 6 months, with no good way of cleanly upgrading it, without
losing stuff.  I personally would like to see a distribution with BSD init
and a good package manager.  A variant on Slackware?


Joshua Murrah, jmurrah at salug.org, http://www.salug.org/~jmurrah
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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Vernard Martin wrote:

> Ok folks, its time to start the distribution discussions again. :-)
> 
> Like most of us who have used Linux a long time, I was happy to go to
> Slackware from SLS. It was heaven sent in comparison. However, times 
> changed and Slackware had a big lull and I switched to RedHat. I was 
> fairly happy with it and I continue to use it even today. However, I miss the
> BSD style init of Slackware but I really like the RPM package manager of
> RedHat. I like the breadt of packages of Debian. 
> 
> I was wondering what the other ALE members think of various distributions.
> I feel that Slackware has fallen behind the times in my opinion. It takes a
> long time for updates to the distribution to come out and they still haven't
> adopted a package management scheme other than the antiquated but effective 
> tarball method. RedHat is pretty good but for the money, you their much
> vaunted support isn't as good as the stuff you get from USENET. Debian has
> lots of packages but the installation still leaves much to be desired for a
> novice.
> 
> I was wondering what other distributions ALE members use and the advantages
> and disadvantages of them.
> 
> V
> --
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
> Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side and the truth.
> 






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