Thread: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!
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2010-02-15 , 22:02
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Originally Posted by rm42 View Post
95% of Debian is simply Linux. Again, there has been a lot of FUD spread over the years about Debian's inherent superiority to every thing else. The facts are that with proper packagers/maintainers and RPM based system can be just as solid. (And yes, things have improved a lot since the old Red Hat up2date days.) There are no technical impediments to this choice. Yes, some of us will have to learn to package things a little differently, but the bulk of the work will be done by Nokia and they seem to be fine with doing it. So, relax it will be alright.
By "Linux" I assume you mean libc, GNU utilities and toolchain, X11, QT/GTK, KDE/Gnome, udev, dcop/dbus, etc. Do you have any idea how much integration work goes into transforming a bunch of source tarballs into a distribution?

Debian is superior to all other distributions in the area of package management, because it has to be. It bills itself as the universal operating system - maintained by disparate users, not centrally controlled, across different platforms, different languages. In order to do this, it must have solid version control, policies, configuration standards, and dependency management.

Why do you think so many other successful distributions out there are Debian-derived?

Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Knoppix, Xandros, Maemo, Linspire, .. Name one successful Redhat/Fedora derived OS.

You say that an RPM-based distro can be just as solid. I agree. It can.

So why switch? What is the advantage, exactly? You're losing:

- The Debian repositories and community
- Package script interactivity
- Solid distribution upgradability
- A stable platform (it will takes months to restablize on a Fedora core)

What are you gaining?
 

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