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Time to move from Red Hat to Debian?Time to move from Red Hat to Debian?Posted Nov 10, 2003 12:11 UTC (Mon) by rknop (guest, #66)In reply to: Time to move from Red Hat to Debian? by dmantione Parent article: Time to move from Red Hat to Debian?
One of the most funny things is that whenever the discussion arrives the Debian advocates can only think of apt-get as the reason to switch. Er.... This is a very clear example of selective reading on your part. Indeed, read the very article to which your comment is attached. Freedom and stability were my two primary reasons for preferring Debian. Freedom in the sense that Debian is dediated to the ideal, and in the sense that I know there is no danger of having to pay in order to be able to use that apt-get convenience. Red Hat may do apt-get, but I don't trust that forever it will be easy to do it without paying for a subscription. Once Red Hat moved away from having x.2 releases, I knew I couldn't trust it to be stable enough for what I wanted. Debian also has a lot of inertia. Unlike Mandrake, which has had a big question mark in the past as to whether it would continue to exist, Debian has always been community supported, so there is no worry of "what might happen" if the company behinds it goes under or changes it's distribution policies. This is all part of the "stability" argument-- not just the long release cycle and true stability of Debian stable, but the stability of their development and support model. Yeah, maybe not as great support as you might get somewhere else, but support that you can believe will continue in something similar to what it is now, so you'll know what to expect. -Rob
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