Was it Collins Richey who wrote on Sunday 30 December 2001 00:36:
> Well, my beloved gentoo distro has become somewhat unstable, so I've
> switched back to elx at least temporarily.
>
> A few notes:
> 3) I found rpm versions of xfce and sylpheed, and they went in without a
> hitch, even though not specifically designed for elx. It appears that
> anything redhat/mandrake crafted will work.
I have been running Mandrake for a while now, and allow me to add that IMHO,
Red Hat and Mandrake are no longer fully compatible, just alike. Elx has
probably done what Mandrake did - started with a basic Red Hat file
arrangement and then added their own work. They have differed widely in
areas, and Mandrake has added loads of 'drakes (Harddrake, diskdrake(out
yet?), drakfont, rpmdrake, XFdrake,) mainly dodges so they don't have to
explain anything. Thay have you testing for them (e.g. crashtester, 'cooker')
before they will do that.
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Regards,
Declan Moriarty
Applied Researches - Ireland's Foremost Electronic Hardware Genius
A Slightly Serious(TM) Company
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