I don't want to start a "package war", but I'm thinking of switching
from Slackware to Redhat. I don't give a fig about "ease of installation"
- I've been installing Linux from 0.97. In fact, my concern is that Redhat
won't let me remain "independant".
Can I still get source tarballs and compile under Redhat? Does the
"configure/make/make install" still work? Is there compatibility problems
between "non-redhat" programs (i.e. source tarballs rather than .rpm) and
glibc, etc? What if I want/need to install "non-Redhat" libraries?
I'm assuming that if I install some stuff as source, it ruins the rpm
database (in terms of dependancies, etc.). Is this correct?
Or is a less user-friendly package like Slackware or Debian still a
better choice for us renegades?
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