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Corel Linux to be Based on Debian & KDE!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the ain't-that-swell dept.

Martin Bialasinski wrote in to send us a press release from Corel which says that future their Linux upcoming Distribution will be based on Debian (Yay!) and KDE.

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  1. Hm. by aheitner · · Score: 3

    I use both. Just my opinion tho...

    RH: simpler install (largely because you don't need to figure out dselect, and there are far fewer packages to choose from). Overall a good distro, but you're pushed to use their graphical configuration tools -- which aren't bad per se, but can be annoying to those used to hacking config files. But the graphical network configuration, system configuration, services, etc. tools can be a real timesaver to someone not familiar w/the /etc directory and unwilling to learn. It's possible to screw over redhat by messing up your rpm's badly, tho it's never happened to me -- you have to try pretty hard.

    Debian: Approximately equivalent package-wise to RH with the rufus rpm repository also in the distro :). Many many many choices. While in RH install it's a good idea to go in detail and choose each individual package you want, in Debian it's a good idea to choose one of the preconfigured options. 3500 odd packages is it? Deb is way better than RPM, and can upgrade your system automatically, fixing all dependencies etc. as it goes. It's beautiful. Debian has no nice graphical config tools built in, but many of us prefer it that way.

    Question: in apt-get a security hole? How does it guarantee it's not fetching evil packages? Is it only because you implicitly trust the servers you set in your conf file? I've wondered this for a while...

  2. Red Hat or Debian? by Ray+Dassen · · Score: 3
    There are many differences, many of which are difficult to classify in a better/worse way.

    • Development model. Red Hat is produced by a fairly small group of developers working for a company. Debian is produced by several hundreds of volunteers.
    • Support model. Red Hat offers commercial support. Debian does not offer commercial support (only high-quality free support; commercial support is available from consultants
    • "contrib". Debian has no equivalent to Red Hat's "contrib" section (i.e. user-contributed binaries). People who want to contribute to Debian simply become developers.
    • Packaging format. Debian has .deb; Red Hat has RPM. Joey Hess, the author of the alien package converter, has a technical comparison between various packaging formats.

    There's also a Reasons to Choose Debian document on the Debian website.