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Article #54314Re: Linux Distribution
From: Justin Wills
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 00:00
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--------------9E2C6B55A1730B0943726C97 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Tonny & Ronny Kohar wrote: > Hi all > > I hear that different distribution have different setting. > So how is it can be different? Is it different in the directory setting or > else? How different? > (Note: I am not asking you about which distribution is better, just how > different they are) > So, is that also mean If i change my distribution I must learn the new > distribution back from the beginning? > > Do you ever change your distribution and have difficulties adapt to the new > one? > > btw: I already exhausted all the resource I have, and find no satisfactory > answer, they just tell that each distribution is different (but don't tell > me what kind of different) > > Thank in advance > > Tonny (tonny@argo.net.au) > -- > ** you can post the answers in here, but it would be more nice if you cc my > mail too ahh, the eternal question. if you want to run linux that looks as close as possible to a normal type unix, run slakware. if you want to get into the whole linux filesystem and package management, etc use redhat. There's quite a bit of difference between the distributions, I've been a sysadmin on various platforms (SCO, AIX, Solaris, IRIX, etc) for 5 years, and I can move around a slakware box just like any other machine. however, I've recently installed redhat on a spare partition, and I can't find configs to do all sorts of really easy stuff. so. if you just want to tinker with linux, it probably doesn't matter. if you want to use it to improve your general unix knowhow, slakware's th closest to other unixs. BTW, I think redhat is overrated. -- Regards, Justin Wills justin@nectar.com.au --------------9E2C6B55A1730B0943726C97 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Tonny & Ronny Kohar wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Hi all <P>I hear that different distribution have different setting. <BR>So how is it can be different? Is it different in the directory setting or <BR>else? How different? <BR>(Note: I am not asking you about which distribution is better, just how <BR>different they are) <BR>So, is that also mean If i change my distribution I must learn the new <BR>distribution back from the beginning? <P>Do you ever change your distribution and have difficulties adapt to the new <BR>one? <P>btw: I already exhausted all the resource I have, and find no satisfactory <BR>answer, they just tell that each distribution is different (but don't tell <BR>me what kind of different) <P>Thank in advance <P>Tonny (tonny@argo.net.au) <BR>-- <BR>** you can post the answers in here, but it would be more nice if you cc my <BR>mail too</BLOCKQUOTE> <P>ahh, the eternal question. <BR> <P>if you want to run linux that looks as close as possible to a normal type unix, run slakware. if you want to get into the whole linux filesystem and package management, etc use redhat. <P>There's quite a bit of difference between the distributions, I've been a sysadmin on various platforms (SCO, AIX, Solaris, IRIX, etc) for 5 years, and I can move around a slakware box just like any other machine. however, I've recently installed redhat on a spare partition, and I can't find configs to do all sorts of really easy stuff. <BR> <P>so. if you just want to tinker with linux, it probably doesn't matter. if you want to use it to improve your general unix knowhow, slakware's th closest to other unixs. <P>BTW, I think redhat is overrated. <P> <PRE>-- Regards, Justin Wills justin@nectar.com.au</PRE> </HTML> --------------9E2C6B55A1730B0943726C97--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,492f407c1eb1c8b5 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: Justin Wills <justin@nectar.com.au> Subject: Re: Linux Distribution Date: 1997/11/06 Message-ID: <3460F6A2.E44C47E1@nectar.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 287276315 References: <345e75cf.0@news.argo.net.au> Distribution: aus To: Tonny & Ronny Kohar <tonny@argo.net.au> Organization: Alcatel Australia Limited Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux