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Original post by CmndrM
TEH UPDATE:

Okay, I''m now using Debian. Other than a few slight problems, I''ve gotten it all working without a real major headache, though I''d definately have one if it weren''t for #debian on irc.openprojects.net. Anyway, Debian ets the thumbs up from me, just because apt-get r0x0rz j00r b0x0rz so much.

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ROCK ON! Glad to hear that you have Debian up and running. What do you think of it so far?

BUT, just in case you forgot…..
BSD r00lz! it r0x0rz j00r b0x3rz

Just kidding

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Original post by DarkHamster
Now my question: what do other distributions like slackware and debian have to offer that distributions like redhat dont?

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With Slackware it's half of what it doesn't offer that makes it nice (it stays out of your way). Some of the Slackware configuration files/tools are different, if you prefer those methods.

With Debian, it's all about apt-get (an automagic dependency manager and package downloader) and the official packages. Those packages are of the highest quality, problems with installation are very rare in unstable, and virtually non-existant in stable; and there's a lot of packages. Many of them have interactive scripts that allow you to configure them too (not as nice as a full configuration tool, but very nice considering how many packages have them).



[edited by - Null and Void on December 5, 2002 8:45:22 PM]

About gentoo''s install taking too long.

It is worth it. If you know the commands and how to do things before hand, installation wouldn''t take that long (you can even download processor specific installs to speed it up so you don''t have to start from complete scratch). If it is unfamiliar to you, it will take longer and require that you jot down some notes on what commands do what (like me). I got gentoo installed in under half a day (looking back I coulda done it in even less time). Downloaded, compiled (over night), and booted into kde on the next morning.

I have only once run into a problem compiling something with the emerge or auto configure commands on gentoo. However the problem was easily solved by changing my environment to use autoconf 2.52 instead 2.19, a simple export command that was given to me by the web.

If downloading and compiling stuff is something you don''t mind, gentoo is for you. They even make it easier than other systems.

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Hmm, all of a sudden Debian seems to be broke for me now. I downloaded something, I don''t remember what, and now X doesn''t start (I''m getting a Signal 11), and it won''t detect my mouse. Hrm... I''m thinking maybe of just going back to Slackware, but trying to install apt on it, if I can find out how to go about doing that

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Original post by CmndrM
I downloaded something, I don''t remember what, and now X doesn''t start (I''m getting a Signal 11), and it won''t detect my mouse. Hrm...

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If you think it''s a configuration problem, try dpkg-reconfigure xserver-something (something is either ''common'' or ''xfree86'', I can''t remember at the moment). Or, if you think it''s a bug in XFree, you can try moving to an older/newer version of XFree (I''m using unstable''s 4.2.1 without any problems, testing has a different revision of 4.2.1, and stable has 4.1.0).