Debian is harder to configure, easier to install
I type 'apt-get install smbfs'. Installed, ready to use. In SuSE, it was a 30-60 minute process. This is one of many examples. The package management and dependency management makes installing New Toys so much easier. WAY easier.
You'll want this too:
[link|http://subwiki.honeypot.net/cgi-bin/view/Main/DebianKernelBuilding|http://subwiki.honey...ianKernelBuilding]
Very easy. Too easy, almost. I don't have to really think about installing new things; it just happens. 'apt-get install gcc-3.2' 'apt-get install gkrell' 'apt-get install nvidia-glx' ... you name it, it's easier.
SuSE has an automatic update manager in YAST2, but it can't hold a candle to apt-get.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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