Re: [Gnumed-devel] Re: Which distributions (distros) of Linux are recommended for GnuMed?

[Karsten Hilbert]

> Although Karsten and Sebastian are satisfied with SUSE (and it is what 
> my local IT people have contemplated installing) I am wondering whether 
> for a "fresh / from scratch" installation that doctors will actually 
> use, it is better to recommend Debian?
Ultimately yes.

> 1. Debian is the distro more likely to achieve and maintain a full set 
> of packaging (whether because of Andreas - with thanks - or whether 
> because of the state of Debian or the way the project is run)
Yes.

> Does the above make a case for installation from a debian package being 
> preferable to downloading and installing from source?
Surely.

> Should it be easy, and advantageous, to advocate for IT people to 
> download, examine and learn from a debian package as an alternative or
Surely but not yet.

> adjunct to installing from source if for some reason installing from 
> source is a good idea?
Source is obviously closer to the current state. We don't
really have a significantly large stable feature set yet for
packages to offer.

Karsten
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