Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] Re: Unified Front...

[Alex]

I would concur.

tom poe wrote:

> Hi:  And, so said Nicolas.
> thanks,
> tom
>
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> Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Re: Unified Front...
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:09:12 -0400
> From: Nicolas Marchildon <nicolas at marchildon.net>
> To: seul-edu at seul.org
>
> tom poe écrivait/wrote:
> > We are thinking, today, about whether the server will be Debian, or
> > Slackware.  Any consensus out there, yet?
>
> If I had to choose between Slackware and Debian, I would definetely go with
> Debian, as it's much easier to upgrade. It has considerable importance when
> you have to manage many computers. I can't live without APT.
>
> Slackware's package management is too basic. It's much more difficult than
> typing "apt-get upgrade".
>
> RedHat also has an automated tool for updating the system (called "up2date"),
> but I found it less reliable, and much slower. APT has obviously been there
> for a long time.
>
> Nicolas
>
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