[CLUE-Tech] Fedora vs Debain

[Alex]

Angelo wrote :
"and I'm looking for a good system with kernel 2.6"

if your looking for a 2.6 system with a lot of power, functionality and an
awesome community, plus the portage system, i recommend giving gentoo a try
!

Alex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angelo Bertolli" <angelo at freeshell.org>
To: <clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [CLUE-Tech] Fedora vs Debain


> > > the Sarge distro about a month ago and it was just kinda
hard...granted
> > Keep in mind that the sarge installer is still beta, I've used it twice
> > successfully, but I don't think it is ready for prime time yet.
>
> This kind of sums up the main idea behind why it's taken me until now to
> even try Debian:  it's never been cutting edge.  Sarge features the all
> brand-speanking new kernel 2.4! Wow!  Well, since 2.4 to me is a bare
> minimum now, and I'm looking for a good system with kernel 2.6, AND
> because Sarge isn't even out yet, I think Debian is just behind.  Another
> annoying thing is that Sarge by default installs the i386 kernel instead
> of the i686 kernel.  One of the other reasons I decided to try Debian is
> because of 'discover' from Knoppix.  Does the Sarge installer actually use
> this?  Why did it install the i386 kernel?  I had been wondering why on
> earth it was so much slower than my previous RH installation until I
> noticed this.  I never knew that the kernel architecture could make such a
> difference (this was noticable in gnome).
>
> Anyway, I guess I've decided not to do Debian.  It just lags too far
> behind.  I did install the 2.6 kernel on Debian but it seemed flaky.
>
> And it's just like you stated above "keep in mind that the sarge installer
> is still beta" but it's not just the installer that's beta, it's sarge.
> So I guess overall I'm disappointed.  Luckily they're not as slow as the
> HURD group ;)
>
> Angelo
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