> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Belkie
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 8:56 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] Mandrake / Redhat
>
>
> In a debate over Flavors of Linux, How different would you
> say Mandrake is
> from Redhat?
>
Dan
At one time Mandrake was basicly RH with some extras, similar to what
VAlinux is now.
But with each released new versions they have become more divergent.
Mandrakes basic package is still RPM, a RH child which was royally screwed
up in RH 7 with the introductoin of RPM 4, but even this should change in
the near future when Mandrake
offers widespread implementation of apt-get to its package management
system.
Today Mandrake, RH, SuSE, Storm, etc. are all Linux and will always have
certain basics in common but each stands on its own as an OS and each IS
different from the other.
If you wish a more embellished list of differences you are welcome to
contact me off list.
I shall endeavor and succeed in providing you with several pages.
If your question was prompted by the quandary of deciding which to
install you should definitly aqueous to Mandrake 7.2, it is by far the
superior of the two especially when you consider that it can require the
services of Roto-Rooter to clean up the blockage that RH 7 can cause.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
