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Operating Systems => Linux and UNIX => Topic started by: Master of Reality on 30 April 2002, 02:08

Title: Debian, a hackers playground?
Post by: Master of Reality on 30 April 2002, 02:08

why is it that everyone claims that debian is a hackers palyground. What in Debian can i do to hack, that i cant do in red hat?

Title: Debian, a hackers playground?
Post by: voidmain on 30 April 2002, 05:05

Nothing.

Title: Debian, a hackers playground?
Post by: jtpenrod on 30 April 2002, 12:24

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why is it that everyone claims that debian is a hackers palyground. What in Debian can i do to hack, that i cant do in red hat?

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I think you're using the wrong definition of "hack" there. What they really mean is that Deb is the programmer's distro. Unlike the more commercialized distros (Mandrake, Red Hat, SuSE) Deb doesn't have any corporate backing. The development depends upon voluntary cooperation. A lot like how Linux got started in the first place. Deb is definitely the GPL purist's distro.
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Title: Debian, a hackers playground?
Post by: Master of Reality on 30 April 2002, 17:11

actually that is what i meant... i didnt mean crack (if thats what you thought).

[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]