Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-13 Thread Peter Teunissen
in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone give me some pointers to a quick online introduction? I'm looking for stuff like how yum

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-13 Thread Peter Teunissen
On 12-apr-2007, at 8:47, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:29:51AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote: I'm a happy Debian user and will not move to RH. But. As I wrote in my question, I'm _forced_ to use RHEL4 at my job. Since more debianites will have been in this situation, I

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:16:37AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote: That's what this world has evolved into; everything is worth what you paid for it. There will be a moment when someone realizes that he didn't pay for his wife and start to doubt if her love for him is genuine. :-/ I

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-13 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Peter Teunissen wrote: There will be a moment when someone realizes that he didn't pay for his wife and start to doubt if her love for him is genuine. :-/ hmmm... Ever heard of dowry system? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:29:51AM +0200, Peter Teunissen wrote: I'm a happy Debian user and will not move to RH. But. As I wrote in my question, I'm _forced_ to use RHEL4 at my job. Since more debianites will have been in this situation, I think it's not inappropriate to ask on this

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Joe Hart
. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge But this is debian. Why not ask

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Peter Teunissen wrote: Hi All, I've got a great opportunity to promote opensource at my job by working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. Well, that's life. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because the admins run into trouble? Kind of like the conspiracy theory that says that a lot of the

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto � wrote: On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 09:14:51AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: I wonder if it might not be designed this way on purpose. I mean how better to sell support contracts when the product needs support because the admins run into trouble?

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-12 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:42:15PM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Yes, I agree with you. I don't think the Red Hat model is bad at all, thus my statement about not believing my conspiracy theory. My question lies more in the anti-virus world than it does in the Linux world. I had no intention

a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Peter Teunissen
Hi All, I've got a great opportunity to promote opensource at my job by working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion guide? One doesn't ask Microsoft for help transitioning to Debian. Isn't RHEL a commercial product

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Greg Folkert
and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion guide? One doesn't ask

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Peter Teunissen
to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge But this is debian. Why not ask RH for a transistion

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Greg Folkert
job by working on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Jeff D
on a BI project for Oxfam. But, I'm forced to use Redhat EL4 and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone give me some pointers to a quick online introduction? I'm looking for stuff like how yum and up2date compare to aptitude, how

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 07:05:47PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: I am sure that he really meant the other way, a RHEL User's introduction to Debian (and its far superior tools and ways) I hope. I really hope. But since he is is using RH, I am afraid not. In any case, RPM dependency hell,

Re: a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4?

2007-04-11 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
and need to get up and running in a short time. I've been looking for a Debian user's introduction to Redhat EL4, but only found intro's in the other direction :-) I'm sure others on this list have had the same challenge, can someone give me some pointers to a quick online introduction