Switch From Redhat to Debian

easy?

[jamie]

hi,

i'm a *relatively* competent redhat user. our server runs redhat 7.2. i can configure most programmes, write cronjobs and simple admin shell scripts, check and grep logs, etc - typical server admin stuff.

we are just about to upgrade our server (new hardware, etc) and are offered choice between debian and redhat enterprise.

i would like to go to debian, the whole enterprise redhat network doesn't really appeal. but i don't have much time to invest in learning a different flavour of *nix..

..so my question is... is the switch easy? will it be a matter of installing debian on my dev box at home and within a few days i'll be up to scratch? or is the learnign curve steeper?

(i already admin a RHEL box, so there is no learning curve for that)

thanks for feedback!

[jamie]

well like everything in life, i guess you have to see for yourself, so i've had a go at installing debian on my dev box at home...

.. what a nightmare ;-)

until i discovered knoppix - i am now installing woody using koppix and debootstrap - i can't express enough admiration for the way knoppix works!

[TooCool]

Well I administered Red Hat 7.2 int he past - and its a good version compared to Fedora etc - thats what i feel - maybe becoz my machines are always starved of resources.

But making a move to Debian is a good idea.

If you're comfortable with RH7.2 then i see no trouble with Debian. So the move should be pretty smooth.
All the best!

[jamie]

he toocool,

welcome to webmasterworld and thanks for the reply!

i'm playing with debian on a separate partition at home at the moment and it looks fine. i spent 6 hours on sunday just to get the latest version of php installed ;-)

(after countless failed "./configure with imap and ldap" - i finally worked out how to backport it from dotdeb ;-)