Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-04 Thread Jack Coates
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 21:36, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 06:14, Michael Adams wrote: > > To be fair though, my post was a rather gestapoish letter with respect > to BSD influence, blowing off some steam on the frustrations I've had > with Slackware in the past. In all fairness, t

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 06:14, Michael Adams wrote: > Forgive my stupidity, but i thought Linux was based on the System V system > and BSD (Berkley System Distribution) was a different flavour of Unix to > Linux. Not all unices are the same but Linux is heading to the posix/LSB > standard to make

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003 09:50:31 +1300 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LOL, i am not sure if i should be insulted or not. I bow before a more > complex (possibly eccentrically deranged) mind. Perhaps only arbitrarily dysfunctional. Charles Where is John Carson now th

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Adams
On Sat, 04 Jan 2003 04:25, Philip Webb wrote: > 030104 Michael Adams wrote: > > I have noticed on my short time on this list > > that most questions should have been posted first anyway. > > 'newby' (ugh! reaches for verbicide: sb 'novice') & 'expert' are relative: > contrast 'angel' & 'devil', wh

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Philip Webb
030104 Michael Adams wrote: > I have noticed on my short time on this list > that most questions should have been posted first anyway. 'newby' (ugh! reaches for verbicide: sb 'novice') & 'expert' are relative: contrast 'angel' & 'devil', which are categorical (cp Milton et al). -- =

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Michael Adams
Forgive my stupidity, but i thought Linux was based on the System V system and BSD (Berkley System Distribution) was a different flavour of Unix to Linux. Not all unices are the same but Linux is heading to the posix/LSB standard to make it easier for more program compatability. Of course non-s

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-03 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-12-31 at 18:50, Toshiro wrote: > Are you sure? Maybe I'm wrong, but I have the idea that (at least a long time > ago :) Slackware has a somewhat different directory layout (especially below > the /etc directory). > > Anyone with recent experience with Slackware can confirm this? (I

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2003-01-02 Thread Toshiro
> The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... What is in > those directories does vary slightly.. rpm names/versions may vary but > the directory structure is the same.. > Are you sure? Maybe I'm wrong, but I have the idea that (at least a long time ago :) Slackware has a somewhat

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-31 Thread James Sparenberg
Mark, A definitive answer would have to come from MDK on this. So what I'm saying here is based on what I've read, to include parts of the LSB. However this is one big long boring doc... LSB compliance does cause some problems with a number of Desktop type applications and a number of apps yo

Re: Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-30 Thread Joe Braddock
ng is not included with the D/L version that would be required for LSB compliance, one would expect that it is, too. Joeb ---Original Message--- From: Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 12/29/02 03:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Difference between distros > >

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-30 Thread André Salaün
Le dim 29/12/2002 à 22:59, Miark a écrit : > James, > > Speaking of which, what exactly is the deal with LSB comlpiance? The LSB website says > that the ProSuite specifically is compliant. Does that mean the d/l version is not? > Also I seem to remember LSB being a package category during the inst

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-30 Thread Miark
James, Speaking of which, what exactly is the deal with LSB comlpiance? The LSB website says that the ProSuite specifically is compliant. Does that mean the d/l version is not? Also I seem to remember LSB being a package category during the installation of 9. Do I remember correctly? If so, why is

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-29 Thread James Sparenberg
Not really and with the advent of the LSB the versions that are meeting LSB compliance (RH and MDK are the leaders here) are less and less different. The diffence isn't the tree structure... but rather the leaves. (pardon my pun) but executables are in bin libs are in lib etc etc... James On Su

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-29 Thread Jim C
Well OK, but for example I notice that Redhat RPMs frequently use the /usr/local directories differently from Mandrake and likely other distributions do also. Is there nowhere where I can find out about this? James Sparenberg wrote: The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... Wh

Re: [expert] Difference between distros

2002-12-29 Thread James Sparenberg
The directory structure is the same in all i386 linux's ... What is in those directories does vary slightly.. rpm names/versions may vary but the directory structure is the same.. James On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 13:07, Jim C wrote: > Where can I find a FAQ detailing the differences between the dire