My personal opinion is Slackware is easier to configure, and provides better
documentation. Also installing and removing the .tgz packages is more user
friendly (using pkgtool), but RH has more packages out there that can be
installed using rpm, and you cannot always get those rpms converted to .tgz
and installed in slackware (maybe there has been some improvements there by
now).
I ran Slackware for 4 years before I switched to RH, and the only reason I
switched was because my buisness standardized on RH.
The distros are different, Slackware is based on BSD, while RH is more SUN
like (is it sysV?), so I can't always find what I want in the dirs I'm used to
under Slackware, but I'm getting used to it.
Trying both is probably good advice, but the differances are not really
apperent until you spend some time with each system, and it may take several
weeks on one distro or another to get a feel for which is better suited to
your needs, of course after working on one system for that long it is unlikely
you will ever get around to trying the other.
"Jack Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If used in the same sentance, combined they can start a massive flame war
> : )
>
> Seriously they both have strengths and both have weaknesses. What you can
> do is download each of the current distro from both, install both and see
> which one you personally like better. If you don't have a fast Internet
> connection, you can get burnt copies of each for about $2-3 per disk, check
> out http://www.cheapbytes.com try them both out and see for yourself which
> one you like better.
>
> Jack
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EAMILLS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 10:21 AM
> Subject: slackware or redhat?
>
>
> > i'm trying to choose between slackware and redhat. what are the
> > differences, pros and cons, and anything else I should now about these?
> > thanks in advance
> >
> > matt
> >
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