If I have a document to management that says something like "Then rebuild the kernel, enabling extended attributes, etc"
They'll ask "wouldn't XP be easier and faster?" or "Could you explain this to use so that we understand what is happening, and why?" or "Does this mean that Red Hat 8 is unable to meet our needs?" etc... I chose Red Hat because management will have heard of it. It's way easier to say "I need $100 to purchase a licensed copy of Red Hat" than to get approval to "purchase a dozen pizza vouchers for Canberra's LUG". And with me wanting to avoid the need to recompile the kernel, does Debian REALLY fit this scenario well? If I'm going a non-Red Hat route, it'll be Gentoo. And that seems more likely with every passing minute. The main reason I skipped Gentoo before is that 1.2 doesn't seem to work with Compaq's SmartArray RAID Controllers. I'd assume 1.4 does, but I'd also like to see it released rather than running an RC version. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "timmy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:24 AM Subject: Re: (clug-talk) <rant> > > > >And I don't want to rebuild the kernel, cause that sort of documentation > >just blows. > > > > I don't understand this statement. Which documentation are you referring to? Do you need help with regards on how to compile a kernel from scratch? > > > > >
