Derek Kalweit wrote: >>> To me, the biggest problem was that rpm doesn't work, and trying to >>> compile on my own, I was always chasing mis-matched libraries. Sure >>> made installing something as simple as apache and php and mysql a >>> headache... And forget anything less mainstream without a big >>> headache... Maybe they fixed things since, but that's the bad taste I >>> have of RH. > >> Things have improved significantly since. Wow. > > My problem was this only a year or so ago on FC4 I think it was, which > was the standard version the ISP was installing at the time...
Yes, FC does move along... "briskly". We're staring at a May release date for FC7, er, "F7". >> Translation: I HAD a bad experience. > > Indeed. And that will plague Linux distribs forever, hence my > less-than-thrilling experience with RH. I'm just trying to convince you to get back up on the horse before too long. <s> > >>> XP sans SPs is not pretty? > >> Well, maybe pretty in the same way a $10 hooker who's never been to a >> doctor is pretty. > > XP with or without SP's looks pretty much the same, from what I've > seen. Except SP2 adds that flashy icon that keeps nagging me until I > disable it... Well, I was using 'pretty' rhetorically. Evidently the disease-ridden hooker analogy was a bit obscure. <s> If still extremely accurate. <rof'l> I love the 'still using' phrase. I _just_ installed my first XP machine two weeks ago. How _do_ you get rid of that icon? I just put a piece of duct tape over the lower right corner of the screen...... >> I complain all the time. :) I think it's a reflex from having been >> married 30 years with 5 kids. Newton's Fourth Law and all that. > > Learned it from your wife? :) So you've met her? <g> Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
