On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:39:30 +0000 Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Was it Collins Richey who wrote on Sunday 30 December 2001 00:36: > > Well, my beloved gentoo distro has become somewhat unstable, so I've > > switched back to elx at least temporarily. > > > > A few notes: > > > 3) I found rpm versions of xfce and sylpheed, and they went in without > > a hitch, even though not specifically designed for elx. It appears > > that anything redhat/mandrake crafted will work. > > I have been running Mandrake for a while now, and allow me to add that > IMHO, Red Hat and Mandrake are no longer fully compatible, just alike. > Elx has probably done what Mandrake did - started with a basic Red Hat > file arrangement and then added their own work. They have differed > widely in areas, and Mandrake has added loads of 'drakes (Harddrake, > diskdrake(out yet?), drakfont, rpmdrake, XFdrake,) mainly dodges so they > don't have to explain anything. Thay have you testing for them (e.g. > crashtester, 'cooker') before they will do that. > You're most likely right. I haven't kept up with Mandrake since the 8.0 (???) Beta which I liked better than the final product. They wouldn't really explain much to me, even when I was on the 'cooker' list. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area WWTLRD? - ELX-1 system k2.4.17+xfce+sylpheed _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
