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Re: Linux Distribution

#54319
From: Ralph Buttigieg
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 00:00
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><P>ahh, the eternal question.
><BR>&nbsp;
>
><P>if you want to run linux that looks as close as possible to a normal
>type unix, run slakware.&nbsp; 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,&nbsp;IRIX, etc) for
>5 years, and I can move around a slakware box just like any other machine.&nbsp;
>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>&nbsp;
>
><P>so.&nbsp; if you just want to tinker with linux, it probably doesn't
>matter.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp;
><PRE>--&nbsp;
>Regards,
>
>Justin Wills
>justin@nectar.com.au</PRE>
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Ok, but have you or anyone else tried Caldera? Whats their
distribution like?
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