[Ilugc] which Linux distros are dying?

[Masatran, R. Deepak]

* "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> 2008-07-03
> Masatran, R. Deepak wrote:
> | IIT appears to be moving towards Debian...The DCF of my department (computer
> | science) shifted all desktops from Suse to Debian Etch recently. My lab
> | (RISE) shifted all desktops from RHEL/Fedora to Debian Lenny recently.
> 
> Would it be possible for you to share as to what were the factors that
> went with RISE move from RHEL to Debian ?

WHY I RECOMMEND DEBIAN:

1. It is not controlled by any company
2. Superior design (Ex: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives)
3. Stability (Ex: Used on the space shuttle mission STS-83)
4. APT
5. FAI (Fully Automatic Installation)

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Masatran, R. Deepak <http://research.iiit.ac.in/~masatran/>