Lee Elliott wrote:
I think you may have misinterpreted the responses - there's very
little fundamental difference between different linux
distributions because they're all running the same software.
The major differences are in the way that things are organised,
or implemented, and that's due to the versatility inherent in
the linux 'system'.
In many ways it's better to think of linux as a modular OS that
can be put together as _you_ want - you're not dictated to
regarding how the 'modules' work together.
In this respect, the main differences between different distros
comes down to alternative ways of implementing it. This doesn't
affect the base functionality for the system so unless there's
some bad design in a package i.e. relying upon distro specific
features, all packages will run on all distros.
The greatest problem that one is likely to encounter between
different distros is that of individual package version features
and this isn't any different to Windows, where a application
might require a particular service pack (which equates to a
newer version of various files/libs) to work.
LeeE
Lee,
Thank you for addressing these points and for doing such a fine job;
that sounds more like the Linux I have been working with since RS
announced it was working on a Linux version : )
Zaug
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