Re: [Sheflug] Re: redhat 9.0

[Barrie Bremner <baz-sheflug [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Hudson <home [at] alexhudson.com> writes:

    Alex> On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 20:00, Barrie Bremner wrote:
    >> I'm rather partial to RedHat on the desktop. I suppose I'll
    >> have to go hunting for another distro to use, as hinted.

    Alex> Hmm, well, just to put the cat amongst the pidgeons I will
    Alex> say that Fedora has me interested and might just tempt me
    Alex> back to RedHat on the desktop [...]

    Alex> To be honest, sid is pretty stable and I haven't had any
    Alex> problems with it for a while now. But, you do need to keep
    Alex> aware of what's going on so when massive breakage hits you
    Alex> know to steer clear.

Sounds a little too much like hard work to me. Paying attention? Wot? :-)

Debian's newer release cycle system could be a major plus. Stable is
stale most of the time. BSD-eque 6 monthly releases would be grand.

    Alex> The configuration thing is the reason I'm thinking of going
    Alex> to Fedora [...]

Again, "configuration" eq "hard work". If nothing else, having to set
up Debian is a once in a lifetime thing (unfortunately if I kill a box
I can't remember what I did many moons ago :-).

    Alex> I've also heard some very good things about Fedora from
    Alex> those who've tried it.

    Alex> But, time will tell.  I'll perhaps be giving it a run
    Alex> this weekend...

Ah, so Fedora is a living breathing thing, not some vapourware number
then?

Let me know how you get along with it.


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