The larger vendors such as RedHat put their packages through exhaustive QA testing before releasing to public. So, at least from a stability standpoint, the packages are of a higher quality, though usually not "bleeding-edge"
-Tim On Fri, 2001-09-14 at 17:37, Shannon Roddy wrote: > > > Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > >Personally, I prefer using a vendor's specific packaging format because > >they tend to be easier to monitor for updates. As far as trusting binary > >installs, if you can't trust your vendor what's the point? > > > Remeber - Micro$oft is all binary installs, and I trust them about as > far as I can throw Bill "the Borg" Gates' mansion. > > Though, I believe that Linux vendor binaries are far superior to "those > other people's" binaries. > > :-P > > Shannon > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
