Re: [ossig] Enterprise Linux: UserLinux, Debian

[Uwe Dippel <udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kenneth Wong wrote:

> You've been able to use Yum to do incremental upgrades since FC1. Yum
> works pretty much like apt-get and if you're really stuck on apt-get,
> you can also install and run it on Fedora without any probs.

This is a bit sick, isn't it !? Why should I install FC just to do the 
same that I can do just as well on Debian. Does RedHat offer *any* 
advantages (except of the red hat, Collin ?) ?

 > It just
> uses rpm instead of dpkg to do the actual package installation.
> 
> You're doing something wrong if you're relying on the release of each
> Core to do your updates.

Since they broke my heart with upgrades from 7.3 to eight (more so my 
favourite apps !) and the same again from 8 to 9 (PPPoE, DHCP, Apache - 
if I'm not mistaken), they have lost mine.

Is it true that I'd be sitting on FC3 and subsequent just by using Yum ?
No ISOs, no boot to CD and Upgrade ? Like you may from Woody (July 2002 
!) 'till Sid of today ?

Ooops, another advantage on Debian: main - contrib - non-free to follow 
your religion w.r.t. FSF or your own.

And a last argument: RedHat has over the years removed standard Unix 
tradition from the command line and replaced those with proprietary, 
non-standard commands (redhat-configure something).

Also this might account for a preference of some 
pseudo-rebranding-distros. Which is where we started.

Uwe



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