[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 04-Mar-99 Langa Kentane wrote:
> > I want to install the most basis Linux system. I am newbie to Linux and I
> > figure if I can install such a basic system and install all the other stuff
> > that I already have on my new system without that RPM stuff and similar that
> > makes Linux easy and windoze 95ish.
> >
> > I want to bring my system up from nothing and work it up so what I actually
> > want to know is how do I install the system from stiffies and what distro
> > will be the best (not redhat please... I think it sucks.., too commercial...
> > they gonna turn Linux into windoze).
>
> If you are a new-bee to Linux how do you know RH sucks.
> HOW exactly are they trying to turn Linux into M$.
>
Bob Young of Red Hat is one of the most ardent supporters of the GPL. If
it's not 95% GPL, then it goes into the contrib directory.
> RH went with gnome (that seems to come up a lot lately) over KDE because at
> the time QT (which is the widget set for KDE) was not open source.
>
I understand the next RH will have both Gnome and KDE.
--
Arandir
p.s. I'm glad Gnome 1.0 is out. Now they can sit down and refine it,
perfect it. The Gnome/KDE competition will give rise to something that
truly kicks butt.
