> :I don't know. I never used Red Hat so I'm not sure of course, but is
it
> :possible to do basic system administration in Red Hat from the command
> :line ? Not everyone has or needs X. It seems to me from what I've seen on
> :other people's machines that Red Hat likes to put config information in
> :files that are easy to find for their GUI tools, but hard to find if you
> :want to do things manually. Of course I could be entirely wrong, but if I
> :am, why should an other distro be more advisable for more advanced users?
>
> I've been using redhat for about three years and do most of my work from
> a console. I really only use X for netscape, wild on line nights with
> two ISP's going full tilt with irc's, mails, ftp and browser flying, and
> the odd game. OTOH, I've never used any other distro (Well, OpenBSD, but
> that's another story)so I can't really compare either. I suspect all
> distros are similar in the basics; they just have different priorities
> re: strengths.
>
> Having said that, I didn't find Redhat that easy to set up the first
> time. Mind you that was back in kernel 1.0.?? days. When I finally
> upgraded to 4.1 (which I'm still using ... it didn't break yet) It was a
> snap. Maybe because I wasn't 'new' or maybe because it was built to be
> easy. I suspect the latter.
>
> Perhaps I've past the beginner stage and should try slackware. I'll
> think about it. Hate to change when what I want to work works. :)
Why change ? I think there is no real reason. Linux is Linux, the GNU
tools are the same ... Only installing new programs can be a bit
different, and even then, Red Hat doesn't force you to use RPMs.
The only real differences (as far as I know) are the startup and shutdown
scripts.
> Posting from the Amiga tonight .. even to loud for me upstairs,
> Barry
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> Today is Boomtime, the 8th day of Bureaucracy in the YOLD 3164
> \__OS/2 Warp3 - Linux 2.0.27 - AmigaDos 3.1 - C64 - OpenBSD 2.2__/
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Frank
