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Re: Distributions {Re: SuSE 6.0}



> between Red Hat and Debian: Debian to Red Hat is about the same thing
> that Linux is to Windows. The former is considered harder to install
[...]
> companies do; people like the community aspect of it as opposed to the
> mass market scent of the other; it's considered technically superior
> by most people who had tried both.

What I just can't understand - how one distribution can be technically
superior on other. The only thing that's really different is packaging
format and install procedure. Install procedure you use once and then
forget it. Package formats are easily converted with alien. Both use same
OS, same libraries, same software, same basically everything. The only
difference is GUI administration tools, which can consist no technical
superiority in principle - their aim is exactly opposite, to reach
simplicity of use by reducing flexibility, and the packaging - which noone
really cares on technical aspects except packagers themselves. 

I understand that if somebody likes something, (s)he wants to prove it's
the best. This is very respectful. But I do not understand those zealous
attitudes. If you want to compare - give facts. Otherwise, you just
spreading FUD, bad rumours and nothing more. I do not see any use in this,
really.

If you promise quick comparison - do compare. Name differences, name good,
name bad, name caveats. Facts. Just taking labels and putting them here
and there won't help anyone. Really.
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