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"Tonny & Ronny Kohar" <tonny@argo.net.au> writes:

> I hear that different distribution have different setting.
<snip> 

There are two different flavours of how the initialization is
organized.  You probably will develop a preference for the one you
learned first, but it probably does not matter which one.

Then there are ``distributions''.  The importance of which one to
use is IMO totally overrated.  

Of all distributions the ones based on ``RedHat'' are not conforming
to the way most UNIX systems work.  For example, if you ask in
``comp.windows.x'' how to start X with 16bit color depth, the answer
will be ``Use "startx -- -bpp 16"'' (the ``--'' separates client and
server options).  This won't work on RedHat because they have made it
_easier_.  You have to use "startx -bpp 16".  This may be just one
small point, but there are many of them.  If you install RedHat, use
RedHat support, not the more generic news groups.

Package management is another feature of some distributions.  This is
probably a very good idea if you have many computers, but won't really
do much if you have only one.  Not all software is available in
packages (e.g. qmail).  In addition, packages may have been produced
based on assumptions that don't apply to you (e.g. all the man pages
in a RedHat package of fvwm2 have been renamed).  

If you are the sys-admin on your home computer, you are probably best
off not to rely too much on packages.  Learn how to do things
manually, note where everything is, use the relevant news groups when
stuck.  That way you get a grasp on how UNIX/Linux works and eventually
you will be able to customize and/or fix most things yourself.

Regards
-- 
Manfred Bartz <mbartz@werple.net.au>
  --- LINUX, live free or die ---