Re: Slackware compared to Debian

thanx to all who responded. ^_^
i was actually planning to  mv from redhat to another distro..
thanx, GOD bless!

JM Ibanez wrote:

> Offhand, having worked with Debian and Slackware, here is how I'd
> characterize the two distros:
>
> Slackware
> - Very barebones
> - Very stable
> - "Masochistic"
> - Very techie oriented (i.e. not very newbie-friendly)
>
> Debian
> - Very flexible
> - Easy to upgrade/update
> - Very techie oriented, but can be newbie-friendly (with the exception
> of dselect...)
>
> If you think you know Linux well enough to go by the shell most of the
> time, and you're installing on a barebones and/or old/low-end box, I'd
> go with Slackware if you know you're not expecting to update things
> often. However, caveat emptor: Slackware is painful to most people,
> and can be a hassle working with, especially installing or setting up
> software (without a precompiled Slackware package tarball, for
> example). There is no such thing as dependencies with a vanilla
> Slackware package tarball(*). You have been warned.
>
> Debian, on the other hand, holds its weight pretty well. The
> precompiled packages available for the distro is huge-- often, makes
> you want to stop and think, just to figure out which ones you really
> need. apt-get is a life saver, especially when you have to install a
> package and don't know what's needed, as it automatically grabs
> dependencies. The large array of choices has its drawbacks-- you have
> to really stop and think, and not get overwhelmed.
>
> If given the choice, I'd choose Debian though for production/live
> servers. Slackware is a personal choice, if on low-end boxen, and I
> run a Slackware 9.1 box at home.
>
> (FWIW: I've had experience successfully installing Mandrake,
> Slackware, and Debian, in that order. RedHat comes close-- the last
> time I tried installing RedHat, the CD media I had was bad, and the
> installer couldn't read the glibc RPM)
>
>  

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