Fletch;275588 Wrote: > IMO, it's no better/worse for desktop vs. servers. The real problem is > that the major RPM-based distros (RH and SUSE) don't cooperate. They > have different packaging policies, use different names, different init > scripts, different FHS interpretations, different installers > (yum/yast), etc. Mandrake, CC, altlinux and others just add to the > complexity. The debian world doesn't have this problem. Major > derivatives (specifically Ubuntu) just use the debian packages and > everything just works. > > It's not easy to make a generic RPM. The SC RPM tries to do what's > best for RHEL/Fedora/SUSE. The only way to make this all work cleanly > for others is to build different RPMs for each distro.
That's why I picked RHEL as an example. It can be supported via a support contract through large companies (there *are* advantages there), many server/enterprise software vendors use it as a base for their products, and changes are not made based on the latest technology of the day, but instead by whether or not the changes are supportable in the enterprise. In my opinion, vendors (such as Slim) should only pick distros that have a long-term support life, like RHEL or Ubuntu long-term releases. You may be missing some of the latest and greatest technology, but you won't bang your head on the wall developing RPMs for altlinux, old Mandrake (like mine :-), etc. -- mbonsack ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mbonsack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1398 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44170 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
