On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 07:52:13AM -0700, Russ Westbrook wrote:
> Bela,
>
[big snip, sorry]
>
> Questions:
>
> What is the difference between Caldera and Red Hat (and the others)?
Just different ways of doing the same things. That's about the only
difference between any of the Linux distributions. Under Red Hat (and its
derivatives), you use the RPM tool to install/remove packages. Red Hat
ships some other tools to help you configure the system (printtool, netcfg,
ntsysv, etc). SuSE and Caldera (last I knew) also use the RPM tool to
package things, but have different tools available to configure and
adminstrate (is that a real word, or just a marketing word) the system.
Debian uses the APT tool to install and configure packages (and as far as
I'm concerned does a hell of a job with it too!). Slackware uses plain
tarballs (.tar.gz packages) for installing software.
> Can you run KDE and Gnome on the same machine under either Caldera or
> Red Hat's version?
You can run them both on Mandrake! I've got both GNOME and KDE installed on
this machine. My fiance uses KDE, I prefer GNOME. They don't conflict in
any way, and you can easily use programs from the one when running the
other.
> Anyone have any opinions on which package is the best?
I would wait until Monday to take a look at exactly what Red Hat is planning
to ship with their new version. I know both KDE and GNOME will be included,
but I'm not sure about StarOffice or WordPerfect.
Personally, I'll probably stick around with Mandrake 5.3 until Mandrake
6.1(?) ships. These guys do a good job with the "Value Added" on top of Red
Hat.
--
Steve Philp
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