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At some point hitherto, ReK2WiLdS hath spake thusly:
> (my opinion by experience and targeted to Linux experienced users)If
> redhad doesn't target the Desktop then what it does? cause for sure it
> does not the server! for good servers we have Debian, Gentoo. and *BSD.

Red Hat definitely does target the server.  And I've used Red Hat
systems as production servers for years with few complaints.  No more
than with debian (which is not capitalized, BTW).

> I think redhat try to do it all, and it doesn't do anything.  I spent 5
> years using redhat in production servers just to find out I spend more
> time after the installation working on it than what it takes me to
> configure Debian well all at once from the instalation. and no worries
> later on.

My own experience has largely been the opposite.  I think it's more a
question of what you're more familiar with and more comfortable with,
than which is actually better.

> I am not saying that Redhat is bad or nothing like that. in the first
> place all GNU/Linux distributions are base on the same kernel Linux,

Red Hat Linux is not GNU/Linux, it's Red Hat Linux.  There is only one
GNU/Linux: debian GNU/Linux.  None of the rest of the Linux
distributions have caved to rms's requests based on entirely spurious
arguments to call their Linux distributions "GNU/Linux;" and as
such, they are not GNU/Linux -- they're whatever the vendor chooses to
call it.

> and they just add a complement of tools around it, but with some
> distributions someone experienced can take more advantage of it from the
> moment you pop in the cd's to install instead of having to
> strip,change,dis-install half the system to actually have a nice
> GNU/Linux instalation.
>
> so my idea is better hard and one time, than easy and 4 times.

Contrary to popular belief, Red Hat does allow you to install a fairly
minimal system (though perhaps not quite as minimal as debian), by
choosing a custom install, and de-selecting all of the subsystems.
You can then add exactly what you want by choosing specific packages.
IMO, this is still far, far easier than doing a custom debian install,
and still gives you a nice, perfectly usable Red Hat Linux
installation.

It's a matter of perspective and preference; to each his own!

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