oops.. didnt mean to put that forth in a belittling way. sorry. Regards, Cade Cairns
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Cade Cairns wrote: > Of course. It's not like Debian is missing features that RedHat has.. I'm > quite amused that you think that, though. > > Regards, > Cade Cairns > > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Kevin Anderson wrote: > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
