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[Dan Kolb]

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On Wednesday 20 Feb 2002 11:41 am, David Damerell wrote:
> On Wednesday, 20 Feb 2002, Dan Kolb wrote:
> >On Wednesday 20 Feb 2002 08:56 am, Nix wrote:
> >>>I, for example, will not use Debian GNU/Linux on my i386-type PCs
> >>>precisely for that reason. There have been too many people saying
> >>> "Debian r0x! I7 i5 t3h 31337 l1nuX d1str0!".
> >
> >I do. I use Slackware because it works for me, and because I like it, and
> > for no other reason.
>
> Whoops, bit of a contradiction there. You also use Slackware partly
> because you've ruled out Debian for the absurd reason above.

Sorry. I decided to use Slackware a long time before the comment that really 
put me off. I hadn't ruled Debian out at that point, however, I did have some 
bad experience with it (upgrading a machine from RedHat to Debian). This 
wasn't Debian's fault, really, but RedHat included RAID drivers in their 
kernels; the Linus kernels didn't have it included, and we needed it. It took 
most of a days work to get it running properly (and thereafter the machine 
kept crashing; most likely due to hardware problems, but it seemed more 
noticable after Debian was installed ;-).

I admit, when I wrote the statement on the top, I was feeling rather pissed 
off. I hereby publicly retract that statement, and hope people will forgive 
me. That's not to mean I'll immediately install Debian, though ;-)

Dan
- -- 
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	If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person -- they
will find an easier way to do it.

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