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Downside to Debian?



Greetings,

I have installed Debian 2.1 (at least that is what it said on the disk,
IIRC) on a 486SX25/16MB/420HD to act as a Samba/Netatalk print server. I
had the easiest time installing and upgrading the packages, thank you
Debian pushers. I think I know the upsides to this setup: (1) zero cost
hardware, (2) quick and easy software administration (dselect has a
'different' UI (IMO) but it is great if you want to know what you have
installed and yes, apt-get is fabulous); but I want to know of the
downsides I might not be aware of. Are there any? Has anyone used
hardware this slow and upgraded the kernel to a 2.2.x version, and is it
the 'win-lose' proposition I expect it is (more modern but slower)? If
you have the time, any advice would be appreciated. Thank you,

Troy

-- 
Troy Johnson   mailto:john1536@tc.umn.edu   http://umn.edu/~john1536/
The two pillars of `political correctness' are, 
  a) willful ignorance, and
  b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth
	-- George MacDonald Fraser