Debian 3.1

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, David Bandel wrote:
> On 6/13/05, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, David Bandel wrote:
> >
> > > On 6/13/05, Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
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> > > > Anyone have experience?  How is it?  Compare it to Red Hat and Ubuntu?
> > >
> > > Yes.
> > > Works well.
> > > Comparison of Debian to RH:  RH uses RPM.  Debian uses deb.
> > > Comparison of Debian to Ubuntu:  Ubuntu is Debian derivative.
> > > My take:  Linux is Linux is Linux.  At the /etc and vi level, all look
> > > about the same.  In fact, at this level, I have a hard time
> > > discriminating between Linux and most any other UNIX (Slowaris, HP-UX,
> > > AIX, etc.).
> >
> > There are alot of significant differences *especially* at the /etc level
> > between Debian and RH.  About the only place that they look the same is
> > when you're using end-user apps.
>
> ????
>
> I have found almost no difference between Debian's
> /etc/bind/named.conf (even though they "include" named.conf.options
> and named.conf.local) and RH's /etc/named.conf files for BIND9.  In
> fact, in vi, they look identical.
>
> Ditto for sendmail.mc and aliases; lots more dittos for
> /etc/X11/xdm|wdm files, and on and on.
>
> And I can say the same about my Slackware boxes.
>
> The only differences I see are when you _do_ use "end-user" apps for
> administration of the files.  Except of course Webmin.
>
> In fact, I can't find any differences between FreeBSD's
> /etc/named.conf and those found on a Linux box (or Slowaris, etc.).
>
> So just what exactly are you talking about?

Distro specific configuration files.  named.conf isn't distro specific,
its for named (obviously).  Try setting up a network configuration in
Debian the same as Redhat and you'll end up with a box whose NIC never
does anything.

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