plug RedHat 5.1

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, The Thought Assassin wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Shackleton, Kevin wrote:
> > Would anyone like to do an _unbiased_ rundown of RH vs Debian?  I assume
> > there's strengths & weaknesses in both, consequently each should be
> > suited to particular applications.
> 
> Well, yes, I'd love to, but sadly I am not unbiased:)
> Nor have I had all that much experience with recent Redhat, though enough
> to know that I don't want to switch to it any time soon.
> Anyone tried RH5, D2, and chosen slackware or stampede? (Caldera and Suse
> are too close to RedHat for it to be unbiased, IMHO)
> They would be unbiased, but I am not sure they exist....
> 
> The best I can say is that RH focusses on ease of install/use for the
> newbie, and has more integrated support for commercial packages, while Deb
> focusses on reliability, flexibility, and standards-compliance.
> I would say that RH perhaps aims at desktop users, where Deb aims at
> production environs.
> One really has to use both for extended time periods to know which is
> right for you.

Perhaps: a RH person and A debian person could get together and compare notes.