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Article #977Re: which linux to get
From: Tomaz Cedilnik
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:01
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 04:01
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"Peter T. Breuer" wrote: > > Kernels are same for all distributions. Executable format is the same. > > No they are not. That's what I just said. Redhat executables won't run > on debian (or any other distro). It's not a question of them running > wrongly. They won't run, period. They won't execute the first statement > after the open braces of main(). The binary format produced by their > compiler is incompatible .. it won't link correctly with other > libraries. Sure, it's the same machine code. Just the order is > different :-). > > > The differences are in how things are organized, which administration > > tools are available, ... > > And also in the executable format. That's the problem with redhat. Isn't the executable format defined by the kernel? Elf and the old a.out. But I see the point - not different executable format, different way to link the libraries, right? > > OK, I admit, I don't know debian, I've only seen it briefly. > > You "only" know redhat, perhaps? I also used slackware. Tom
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