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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Linux Distros (was Re: The GIMP)
From:       Jonathan Jefferies <jonathanj () allant ! com>
Date:       2000-01-14 21:59:23
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Re: Debian, there is now a new variant of debian, Storm Linux,
http://www.stormix.com
Which "claims" to have overcome the widely known drawbacks of
Debian noted below.  Unfortunately, Stormix is not widely available
other than download?  But the claimed enhancements are supposedly
downloadable. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who tries
the installation how they find it.

Here is a comment taken from the Linux Admin mailing list:
"Toby A. Rider" wrote:
> 
    : deleted some
>         I downloaded their ISO and put it up on a spare Intel box (Pentium Pro
> 200, 96 megs, an 8 gig IDE hard drive, Trident TGUI 9680, Intel Pro 100
> server NIC). It installed effortlessly for both their graphic-install
> option and their text-based install option. I used dselect on the box to
> add & upgrade some packages, I started up Apache on it and Majordomo,
> all in about 10 minutes with no problems or conflicts.
>         My criticisms are that the X-Windows configuration has a few glitches
> (it defaulted back to 640x480 even though I had set it higher and tested
> it during the install) and also their disk partition tool seemed kind of
> clumsy to me, it made me wish for Disk Druid.
>         I think this disto makes Debian more accessible to people who don't
> have alot of experience with Linux, as Debian tends to be hard to
> install for newbies. Just to test my theory, I got one of the most
> brain-fried helpdesk guys at the office to try to install it and he got
> it working fine in two tries. As a point of reference, this same guy can
> get RedHat 6.1 working in 1 try and Caldera working in 1 try, but was
> unable to get the stock Debian install working correctly or the stock
> Slackware install working correctly at all. :-)
>         At any rate I think it's worth checking out, I'm sure they'll continue
> to improve upon it based on what a promising start they've got going.
> 
> Toby A. Rider


In the original thread Michael J Kaye wrote:
> 
> If you really like to be chucked off the deep end, I would heartily recommend
> Debian. It's packaging system is superior even to Redhat's and it's widely
> regarded as the most stable and complete Linux distribution. It consists of
> four CDs of more than 2,500 software packages (5 CDs and almost 3,000 packages
> with the extras that some vendors put on). You can even get it for PowerPC and
> Alpha architectures.
> Installation and configuration is a pig though :-( It provides no central admin
> tool and the package installation program needs (and is being) redesigned. The
> official distribution doesn't yet have KDE, but the DEBs (the Debian packages)
> are easy to get hold of. It is the most powerful distro I've used and I wouldn't
> swap it. The installation and configuration tools are being worked on, and you
> could help ;-)
> It's very inexpensive as well, probably about $8. Check out the Debian web site
> at http://www.debian.org to find vendors.
 
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Jonathan Jefferies 

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