[Gllug] Traceroute query

[Christopher Hunter]

On Monday 31 May 2004 8:54 am, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On Monday, May 31, 2004, Richard Turner wrote:
> > it's a matter of personal choice, not that one distro's better than
> > another.
>
> You've not used Debian, yet, then :)

I think I've tried many of the major distros in the last few months, and I 
still retain the predjudices that I had before!  My personals choices,  
Mandrake and Suse were pretty much on a par for ease of installation, but 
Mandrake was a more "complete" distro, and had many bits and pieces that 
weren't obviously supplied with Suse (though they might have been - I 
couldn't be bothered with the hassle of searching for them!).  

Debian was just a real pain - the installer didn't work properly (ever - 
despite rtying on several different machines), and I had to spend an 
inordinate amount of time getting all the hardware working to my satisfaction 
- both Suse and Mandrake located and correctly configured everything I threw 
at them in terms of hardware.  The RPM tools provided with Mandrake and Suse 
both work properly - apt was somewhat iffy by comparison.

I know that Debian is considered the "purest" distro, but all I want is ease 
of installation, up-to-date software, ease of maintenance, and an easy 
upgrade / update route.  Debian (in my experience) fails miserably compared 
to many other distros in these terms.  It's a paradise for someone who wants 
to spend their life building their ideal system, but it simply isn't suitable 
for the vast majority of users.

Chris

(Fire extinguisher at the ready!)

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