i have the new redhat 8.0 installed at work and here at home (although im still using freebsd). it really is great, its better than mandrake 8.0, which i think is buggy as hell... they are doing good things at redhat, but you are right, they need aptget.. or ports ;)
--mat On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 18:50, Doug Riddle wrote: > Absolutely, and it is about time too! With Redhat's network they are > at least getting close to apt-get! They are a long way from > Libranet, or even Mandrake, but at least they remembered GNU/Linux > can be somethings besides a server! I think you will be able to > compare Redhat favorably with Debian in no time at all. Lord knows > they have the development base to catch up. > > Doug > > > --- Mat Branyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well in my opinion, you cant really compare debian and redhat, > > except > > that they are linux. redhat is making the move towards desktop os, > > while debian has pretty much had its focus on "as stable as > > possible" > > os.. debian is as close as you can get to freebsd (again, imo)... i > > depeds on what you are looking for... check out www.distrowatch.com > > for > > info on different distributions... > > > > --mat > > > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 11:25, Brad Bendily wrote: > > > > > > hehehe, true true! > > > I didn't really "need" anything, but some guys at > > > the office and I have been testing linux distros, > > > just for the fun of it. We thought that a debian > > > release 3.0 would hopefully be as sophisticated as > > > perhaps a Redhat release and be able to detect and > > > correctly setup our monitor and video card for the X Window > > system. > > > It was just a hope. About 5 other distros have been able > > > to handle this very well. Although the gdm package failed > > > during the install and I think i saw that the package > > > stands for "gnome display manager". I thought that I > > > may give the install another try to see if it can > > > setup the package correctly this time. > > > Just for posterity. > > > > > > -- > > > Brad Bendily - CNA > > > Network Specialist > > > > > > Southeastern Louisiana University > > > Phone 985.549.3643 > > > Fax 985.549.5777 > > > > > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Mat Branyon wrote: > > > > > > > to get it to work, the command is XF86config .... hope you > > know A LOT > > > > about your monitor and videocard (vsync, hsync, and video card > > > > chipset). im not sure, but it might have xconfigurator, which > > might be > > > > a bit nicer. who needs X anyway? you got mutt, vi, and bitchx, > > what > > > > else do you need? =P > > > > > > > > --mat > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 01:38, Brad Bendily wrote: > > > > > Isn't there some debian guru's on this list? > > > > > What kind of magic do you have to do to get Debian's > > > > > Xwindow system to work? > > > > > Mind you this is the woody version 3.0 of the www.debian.org > > > > > distro. We had a fairly generic test PC with a Geforce2 MX > > card > > > > > and the GDM didn't install correctly. After that it seemed > > that > > > > > everything went down hill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Brad Bendily - CNA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > General mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > > ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the > Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
