Re: [linuxiran] Redhat 9 to Debian Sarge Migration

[Farid Behnia]

I fully agree with ALL the items on your list:

But my question still remains: Have you noticed poor
*binary* driver support for Debian? 


--- Mohsen Basirat <address@hidden> wrote:

> Dear Farid
> I Never use Redhat anymore because :
> -There's no free and bugfix update avaliable for
> redhat
> -Poor package management System
> -No Free ISO CDs Avaliable
> -No Integrated and Easy to use Management system
> if you instead to using Commercial Linux Distros
> use NOVEL SUSE it really better than REDHAT's
> but i you want true Linux Distor that you enjoy it
> all
> the time use Debian.i use it in varius envrionment
> and
> even real DATA CENTER envrionment without any hassel
> with good package management and update system you
> have 
> everything you need all the times 
> 
> 
> --- "Hossein S. Zadeh" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
> > Farid Behnia wrote:
> > > The point is unless you have worked with debian
> > > yourself, you won't feel the real difference.
> > > 
> > > BTW there are rumors that one might not get his
> > hands
> > > over binary drivers for some devices on debian.
> > How
> > > true is this?
> > > 
> > > One more point : it seems they are somehow
> afraid
> > of
> > > walking up the learning curve of a new distro,
> > though
> > > I've assured them that except learning a few
> conf
> > file
> > > paths and deb pack management, etc they won't
> run
> > into
> > > any more serious hassles. 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Depending on your configuration this may or may
> not
> > be true. Every 
> > system has its quirks, and redhat and debians are
> no
> > exception.
> > 
> > Why not migrate a few of the systems, and see what
> > happens. If 
> > everything works as smoothly as you hope, you will
> > have solid proof to 
> > convince them to let you migrate the rest.
> > 
> > Hossein
> > 
> > 
> > 
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