[nmglug] Linux Distributions

[Jason Davis]

On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 14:44, Tim Emerick wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> I switched from RH to Debian (www.debian.org) some years ago.  The
> testing/sarge release of Debian has darn near every package under the sun. 
> With the apt system you can add different repositories for software that
> doesn't appear in the standard system.  The apt system really is a dream to
> keep updated.  The only thing that you might miss is RH's up2date web
> application where you could remotely do all the updating from their website. 
> But, I guarantee that once you experience Debians two (sometimes one) command
> routine to update all of the software on your system you'll be a convert.
> 
> apt-get update
> apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> That's it!!!!

I agree with Tim , Debian is where it's at.

jd