New distro question

[Tom Buskey]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:

> "Labitt, Bruce" <labittb1 at tycoelectronics.com> writes:
>
> > What is the advantage of a debian based distro compared to
> > rpm based?  (Did I say that?  Keep it civil.  )
>
> Really?  Nothing.  Linux is Linux is Linux and Unix is Unix is Unix
> and Linux is Solaris is BSD is HP-UX is AI^H^H (oops, almost got
> carried away there :)
>
> The biggest differences boil down to:
>  - The packaging system and associated tools (they all suck in their own
> way)
>  - The location/formats of config files      (they all suck in their own
> way)
>  - Choice of SysVinit vs. BSD's rc.local     (they both suck in their own
> way)


and MacOSX launchd and Solaris 10's SMF (I miss /etc/init.d/* sometimes).
NetBSD hasn't used rc.local for awhile.  OpenBSD still uses it.

When it comes to Linux distros, really, what's to be different?  All
> of them use the same kernel, so it's not like moving between Solaris
> and AIX where you're moving between completely different OSes.  They
> all use the same software, so it's not like what you run on one you
> can't get or run on another.
>
>
On the surface they're all similar.  It's when you get in deeper that it
matters.  Most of the time you don't have to go too deep as a user or even
an admin.
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