-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Charles Cosse wrote: > Gentoo here! The problem, IMHO, with RedHat is what I would call "rpm > hell". Literally. Debian has a different package mgmt system, but one > of the core Debian guys (Danial Robbins) saw an even better way, which > ultimately evolved into the Gentoo "emerge" system. Regardless of what > distro you go with, the Gentoo forums have always helped me solve Linux > problems. Ubuntu doesn't have a root user, which is kind of weird. > Also, when you get your OSG/Linux system, the fluxbox window mgr and > Nedit (nedit.org) editors are a pretty sweet combination, IMO. I'd be > happy to help with any Gentoo probs you run into. Otherwise, good luck --
FYI - "RPM hell" is a thing of past for most RPM-based distros for at least few years - Redhat has "yum", Suse uses "yast" and Mandriva has its own "urpmi/smart" package managers which will resolve the dependencies for you and are pretty much in the same league as Debian's apt. Installing a package boils down to either picking it out of a list or typing "urpmi x" (I am a Mandriva guy) - all the required libraries get downloaded and installed for you automatically. Gentoo is not bad neither, however you must realize that Gentoo works by compiling from sources (and not installing pre-built packages) and is more "hands-on" that most. It is certainly a good learning experience but not necessarily for everybody. I wouldn't suggest Gentoo as a first Linux for somebody who has no Linux/Unix experience unless they want to tackle the command line and the system guts head-on. Regards, Jan - -- Jan Ciger GPG public key: http://www.keyserver.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEmwKVn11XseNj94gRAjMmAJ9YD6x3WZRU3u0+5CyTgkwygXSbIACgoMwK SiDw02NYhqgzPF54N58zaSA= =FMFj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@openscenegraph.net http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/
