Re: Lisp's future
From: rmagere (rmagere_at_*the-mail-that-burns*.com)
Date: 01/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:31:06 -0000
Matthias wrote:
> In my experience, RedHat and SuSE are both easier to install than
> Debian. On the other hand, Debian is much easier to update. I used to
> use RedHat and SuSE, was quite happy with them for a while but got
> tired of hunting down software packages and keeping my system
> consistent over updates. Then I moved to Debian, found the
> installation process annoying (there's excellent documentation on the
> web, but you have to do _everything_ manually), but felt rewarded with
> Debian's centrally-managed packages. Now I see the tiresome
> installation process as an investment which pays after a while.
>
> The Lisp support of Debian is better than for RedHat and SuSE and
> adequate for my needs (I hear that Gentoo's is quite ok, too). I
> particularly like that I can get a number of useful CL packages
> automatically installed and removed from my system. After previous
> experiences this feels like magic. ;-)
>
> Your needs and/or experiences may differ. (Note that to some people
> discussing Linux-Distros is a matter of religion, similar to peoples'
> preferences for programming languages or text editors.)
Thanks for your reply, I think that I'll probably try out RedHat and if I
manage to cope
for a while I'll then give Debian a shot.
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