[Gllug] Debian

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 01:14:13PM +0100, Peter Childs wrote:
> 	Why can't we have Both worlds.

We already have both worlds and many others.  There are Linux
distributions to cater to almost every taste.  Once you have them
installed, though, they are all the same basic system underneath.  The
implementation details, while important in some cases, are mostly
cosmetic and a matter of taste.

> 	From what I've seen Debian has a good plan but slow speed
> development. Where as Redhat, Suse, etc have fast development but no plan.

This is a gross over-simplification.  If you want to be up-to-date with
Debian, just use the testing or unstable versions.  As for plans, both
Red Hat and SuSE certainly have them, they simply have different
priorities and methods.

> 	Lets stop acting like Chrildren grow up and start showing the
> world that Linux is trully better than Windows!

My priority is running my systems effectively, not engaging in useless
wars.  That kind of time-wasting verbiage is all too common from newbies
who want to gain approval and those who have nothing better to do.  The
rest of us simply get on with it, which does more to promote Free
Software than any amount of posturing.

> 	Currently Mac are running circles around OpenSource.

They are doing no such thing.  Most of the applications running on OSX
*are* open source.  Even the core OS is partly based on FreeBSD.  The
rest of it is proprietary and as opaque as ever.  Macs are still a niche
market and likely to remain so.

> 
> 	Oh and why is pine not in non-free?

http://www.asty.org/articles/20010702pine.html

There's a pine-src package which makes it easy to compile
your own binary package.

-- 
Bruce

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