Trial & Error with RedHat 6.0

[jrv at vanzandt.mv.com (James R. Van Zandt)]

Christoph <linuxguy at ici.net>

>For those interested, I am formally evaluating what I consider the
>the main distributions of linux (Caldera, RedHat & Suse). 

Please consider Debian.  It's larger than any of those, and (I
believe) covers more architectures (currently i386, alpha, m68k
and sparc, with powerpc coming next).

>Current prices:
> RH 6.0	$59 CompUSA
> Caldera 2.2	$29 CompUSA
> Suse 6.1	$34 MicroCenter (can't find receipt, but I think it's right)

I believe LinuxCentral is charging $5.95 plus P&H for an i386 binary
set.  (That's right - Debian will not fit on a single CDROM.  Even
just the packages meeting the Debian Free Software Guidelines will not
fit on a single CDROM.)

	   - Jim Van Zandt
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