[sclug] Debian Install

[Simon Huggins]

On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 02:08:32PM +0100, Derek M Jones wrote:
> >I have decided to move my desktop from RH to Debian, however I have run into
> >a little problem with the SCSI drivers.
> Like you I am a RH user and have the same SCSI card as you.
[..]
> Ok, people like to play with different distributions.  But in a
> working environment there is no significant benefit in switching to
> another distribution (unless a major customer requires it).

Redhat now end support after a certain number of months of a new
distribution being out don't they unless you pay.
Their enterprise linux product gets a longer support lifespan however.

It's also harder (or at least it used to be, haven't done so for a
while) to upgrade between releases of Redhat than it is to do so for
Debian.

Your original point centers more around kernel issues though.  The SCSI
driver will support that card in a particular version of the kernel.  I
imagine all the distributions can run that kernel so effectively they
all have the same hardware coverage unless they ship non-free drivers.

Simon.

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