[PLUG] "Gender" issues

[Oleksandr Moskalenko]

* Kyler Laird (laird@gunsmoke.ecn.purdue.edu) wrote:
> 
> I've been a Mandrake user for quite awhile.  I've
> been comfortable with Mandrake's install process,
> but I recently gave in to the Debian users around
> me.  (I still have three machines running Mandrake
> but that will change.)
> 
> The Debian install is certainly non-trivial.  I
> even called for help on one of my installs.  (I
> had pretty much just observed the earlier installs
> on my machines).  It took us a little bit to 
> figure out that I had missed a step in getting the
> network set up.
> 
> >because you only install something once.
> 
> When I used Mandrake, this was not true.  I would
> do a fresh install of each version.  To me, that's
> the real distinction between Mandrake/Red Hat and
> Debian.  If I were still using Mandrake, I'd be
> getting ready to put 8.1 on them today.  What an
> ordeal that would be!  (I tried a beta and could
> not even install it.)
> 
> With Debian, however, I just upgrade whenever I
> want.  I don't have to wait for Mandrake to
> package a snapshot of package versions; I can get
> them whenever I want.
> 
> I suspect that Mandrake has something like this
> too (Cooker) and that the recent package managers
> could rival apt-get, but I tried looking into 
> such things and finally gave up.  With Debian, it
> is a no-brainer.
> 
> I'm glad that I tried Mandrake and Red Hat first.
> It makes me appreciate Debian.
> 
> --kyler

   Amen to that!
 
 That's the path I'd gone, too. With Debian I've been focusing on
getting my work done much more than on tweaking and wiping/installing
new versions as it was the case with the breathtaking speed of Mandrake
cranking out new snapshots. And the layout of the system finally made
sense to me when I went with Debian.

 Alex.

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Oleksandr Moskalenko
Department of Agronomy
Purdue University
malex@purdue.edu
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