Re: Distribution for 'techies'

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From: Steve Mynott
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 00:00

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On 11 Mar 1997 21:55:19 -0000, Steve Dodd <dirk@loth.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>Are there any distributions out there aimed at 'techies'? In other words,
>that expect you to know what you're doing on the install, but actually provide
>packages with all the bits present (and working), etc, etc. Alternatively,
>does anyone know of any 'bootstrap' distributions that would provide me with
>enough of a working system to build everything else from scratch? Thanks in
>advance..

I would say "expect you to know what you're doing" and "packages with
all the bits present" are in conflict!

My subjective impressions are that: Debian is perhaps more configurable,
where Redhat is easier to install.  Debian 1.2 needs 7 disks and the
CDROM.  I believe Redhat is far fewer now.

For a simple bootstrap distribution try MCC 2+, which is small although
still in beta.  It can be converted into Debian as well.

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