On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:19:54 -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm taking a class this semester which is all about installing and using > Linux. After talking with the professor on Tuesday, I've learned a few > details. First, I have to use Vulgarly Illogical for my text editor for > the purposes of labs, tests, etc. As illustrated by the previous > sentence, I'm an emacs user. :) I'm not happy about it, but I'm not > against learning vi in the event that some day I am banished to a hell > where there is no emacs. :) The other problem, however, is what the > subject deals with.
Firstly, you are not going to make many friends by dissing what many long-time Unix programmers regard as the best test editor going. So you can pretty much assume, as a result, that at least 50% of vi geeks are not going to be prepared to help you out, including me. > > We're going to be working on Fedora systems. What's sickening, is that > the reason I was given for using Fedora was because it was 'free' since > we have a CONTRACT with Red Hat. Apparently, free as in speech Debian > isn't free enough for them? :) While I have gotten permission from the > professor to use my laptop (with Debian on it) for the class, I'll still > be responsible for knowing the Fedora way of doing things for purposes > of the hands-on midterm and final. If one of the objectives of the class is to work with a Fedora system, then the only thing that's sickening, as far as I can see, is that you consider your opinion on Linux distributions to be more "correct" than your professor's, even if it may disadvantage you in the class. > > So, with all of that said, what can I expect in the way of differences. > I have already confirmed with him that any and all GUI tools will NOT be > used for any labs. (i.e. all installation and configuration will be > text-only, with config files to be edited by hand) I know, for example, > that the default document path in RH systems is /usr/doc while in Debian > it's /usr/share/doc. What other things like this should I look out for? > Can I still expect all config files to be in /etc, does RH use > /etc/init.d/ and friends, etc. Any and all tips are welcome. TIA. You expect the good people of this list to spend a not inconsiderable amount of time to help you out for free, simply because you are too stubborn to meet your own class requirements? Try asking on a RedHat list. Then you can piss off both vi users and RH admins all at the same time. -- ....................paul Programming without a hex editor is like watchmaking without a hammer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]