According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: While burning my CPU, who quoted
a message from Langa Kentane.
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> 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.
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> > 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).
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> If you are a new-bee to Linux how do you know RH sucks.
> HOW exactly are they trying to turn Linux into M$.
Good point about how can a newbie say Redhat sucks, it is his opinion of
course but it would be a rash statement considering he said the magic word,
that being "Newbie".
Now lets look at it in a different perspective.
Redhat want to make money by offering a ready to install system, i have no
problem with that but i also dont like the direction in which they are
going, thats my opinion, i would in no way say Redhat sucks on the contuary,
no one makes you use rpm's, you can install any software you want by using
tar in the same way you would on a slackware system for example.
On another note realy to defend Redhat, they are producing what the consumer
wants, by this i mean folks want to install linux but it has to be like
Widows because thats all they know about, so like any company who wants to
make money Redhat are giving folks what they want.
Thier product may look like widows but i can assure you its not.
If you want to use a basic linux distribution then install slackware.,
anyway its not what you install its "how" you use the installation
afterwards.
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> 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.
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> RH is not bad give it a try before you come to an opinion on it.
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> Will
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> > Can you also lead me to the howto of installling the system from stiffies
> > too.
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> > Thanks in advance.
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Regards Richard.
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