Patrick Davalan wrote:
>
> Mihai Bisca wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Keith Duthie wrote:
> >
> > > > [Ah-oh, I'm probably going to start a "distribution" war with this, but
> > > > quite frankly I don't care. :) Point is that slugware is now a
> > > > historical fossil that has no place except for very specific purposes
> > > > as a hacker's installation.]
> > > Slackware still has its uses. For anyone who's used to it, it can be
> > > annoying to move to a distribution which stuffs about with buggy libc
> > > libraries and strange directories all over the place.
> >
> > I agree. Also, I hate rpm and dpkg. These tools are too restrictive.
> > Keeping the packages tar.gzipped is simple and effective and gives the
> > user more freedom, in true Unix tradition. Debian takes forever to
> > install and RedHat is probably going to become the Windoze of the Linux
> > world. It fucks up even the prompter... :-)
>
> I agree too , but there is something good with rpm : they provide a
> rpm2targz so you can install packages easily from sources and do not
> have any problem.
> My Slackware works fine and I can install packages from anywhere they
> come from. I also installed RedHat , but I erased the partition , it
> is much easier to install the packages I need from tar.gz . It may
> take one or two more minutes to install , but you don't have to spend
> days to solve some stupid library problem.
> Many people want on their linux system the same they had on Windows ,
> I do think it is pure masochism.
That may be so to you, and many others. BUT, it is really a matter of what the
individual is comfortable with and what they find to be the best method for
their particular situation.
Now, maybe RedHat is Linux-Lite for you, but for some other who are used to the
MS way, it may be just what is needed to convert them to a real OS.
Isn't that the reason for multiple flavors anyway? To give people a choice? Its
a bit like trying to argue Ford vs. Chevy in a way.
I'm not here to say that you are wrong, and I am not here to defend RedHat. I am
just trying to say that the opportunity to have a choice is what is important
here. Isn't that one of the reasons that we all moved to Linux in the first
place?
--
Brian Howe
Unix geek in training.
"Insanity is doing the same thing over
and over and expecting different results."
