> I guess what I don't like about these things is that they're
> deviations from standard package building practices and the standard
> version of RPM. Mandrake and Red Hat can compete in areas like
> installation and the user interface, but I think cooperation is
> important in the area of software packaging.
When I ran Red Hat, I occasionally used Mandrake SRPMS to compile something
that wasn't readily on RHAT or was an older version, and I rarely ran into
problems. They're compatible as far as I've seen.
'course the point is moot now, since I run Mandrake. ;)
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