SUSE vs Knoppix

[Ken Moffat]

Net Llama! wrote:

>>unpack it, then:
>>
>>./configure
>>make
>>checkinstall -D
>>This makes a .deb file for easy uninstalling later.
>>    
>>
>
>Sure, but if you're going to go that route, then you're not really getting
>the 'advantage' of debian any longer.  its just as simple to do that on a
>redhat box to give me the RPM at the end.
>
>  
>

True, but it does allow easy uninstall of packages compiled from source, 
unlike the rarely implemented 'make remove' or whatever. And the debian 
archive is available for most uses. I like the dependency checking built 
in to deb packages.

-- 
Ken