Debian vs Suse

Leo J Mauler webgiant at juno.com
Fri Jan 2 03:07:34 CST 2004


On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 20:57:53 -0600 Karl Schmidt <karl at xtronics.com>
writes:
> Leo J Mauler wrote:
> 
> > This has been my only real problem with Debian: never getting an 
> > install to work.  Always I would do something during the Install 
> > which would cause a kernel panic on reboot.
> > 
> > Other people's Debian machines look fantastic, so I've got 
> > nothing to say against Debian other than the installer (which 
> > unfortunately is a Big Thing).  Even Slackware's installer is 
> > easier than Debian.
>  
> That's where libranet comes in. I expect that in the next year 
> debian will have anaconda tweaked into place.

Anaconda?  As in "if you have less than 128MB of RAM, *don't bother
installing Linux*"?

Even at 64MB the RedHat Anaconda installer whines and whines about not
having enough resources, and at 32MB to 40MB it takes its ball and goes
home.

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