On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> In a message dated: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:24:50 EST
> Tom Rauschenbach said:
>
> >I recently installed Redhat 6.2 and either it sucks or I did not install
> >enough stuff, but I'm finding that most things don't compile because
> >something is missing. Does anyone (yeah right) have an opinion on the most
> >compatible distribution ? I mean, a distribution that will let me compile
> >and install any random package from freshmeat (for example) ?
>
> Well, I've been running RH6.2 for a *loooooong* time now, and never had
> problem such as you describe. However, I also installed just about everything
> on the CD, so that could be your problem. I would recommend installing at
> least the major development rpms, since those are the most likely cause of
> your problem.
>
> Now, as far as alternative distributions, I like RH in general. Once they
> work out some of the problems of 7.0 and release 7.1 and subsequently 7.2, I
> think it'll be a great OS and quite stable. I also really like Debian, though
> they do need to work on their installer (which they are doing).
>
> If you can get past the installation phase, I think you'll find that Debian is
> an incredibly stable OS, and personally, I find their package management
> scheme to be better than rpm (though I know rpm much better at this point).
>
Or you could try the Storm or Progeny distributions - both based on
Debian, and easy to upgrade to full Debian, but with much more
"newbie-friendly" installers.
jeff
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