On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:08:41 +1300 yuri wrote: > On 04/10/05, Nick Rout wrote: > > If you are writing static html pages or standard LAMP stuff most distros > > should work for you. If you are into really cutting edge stuff, it would > > pay to check that the specific app you want to use works easily on the > > distro you choose. > > I always thought the difference between distros was the > packaging/updating mechanism and the bundled system configuration > tools > (eg SuSE => Yast, Mandrake => drakconf & urpmi) > > Once installed the programs should work the same, no? > The question then becomes - does the tool that Anthony Brown wants to > use come packaged for his distro? If not, can a tarball version of the > app be safely installed on his distro (what are the dependancies)? > That would answer his question.
Well in general you are right, but sometimes those considerations can go very deep, for example application foo may depend on the very latest libraries from lib-bar, which may not be available on a particular distro yada yada yada. > > Yuri > -- > ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** > Gmail over-rides "Reply-To:" field. Check your "To:" address before > sending reply to this post. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
