-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Le Lundi 13 Mai 2002 11:05, Thomas Madhavan a �crit : ... > What advantages/disadvanages does Slackware 8.0 have over Redhat 7.0? > > Thanks, > > Thomas Madhavan
Hi all, first I would like to tell you I use both distributions on a daily basis and each of them have pros and cons ;) You just will have to test diverse distributions for some time before settling to the one which pleases you. Just keep in mind that many people out there will try to lure you into their way of viewing things. Many users will try to tell you slackware as fewer update (or none) this is true and false at the same time, there is much fewer updates, because slackware as not so much apps in the distribution CDs ;) There is an ftp server and many mirrors for something called the slackware-current which is the tree from which you can pick up all the updates you need... (glibc, zlib, php-4.1.2 ...). You can access these mirrors with rsync which I do on a nightly basis, to stay as up to date as I can. To upgrade one package on slackware just type #upgradepkg oldone%newone and that's it (even for the glibc !!! you won't be able to upgrade the glibc like that on RH ) With slack you have a pretty active community of people who will help you on all time, create packages for all your need (new xmms, new evolution or else) see for example http://www.userlocal.com/ and http://www.linuxpackages.net/ That were the pros, just because I am really sick of people talking of some great distribution they don't know as if they knew anything about it ;) Now I also use a lot of RedHat at work and it is a great distribution too, they have a large user base and many many updates are available, they have a graphical install-interface, they have kudzu to detect the new hardware you plug into your pc automatically. They have support for systemV initialization scripts out of the box (slack FULLY supports SystemV scripts but you need to create the directories yourself if you want them) and I must say that SystemV initialization scripts are really cool when it comes to automating the maintenance of your machines. They come out of the box with many applications that you will need to D/L from linuxpackages if you use slack (or recompile yourself which is not really difficult) So my advice would be: just try every distribution you are interested in. Buy the CDs from one of the many online shop which sell them for a couple of euros (don't know in usd) and test them for some time. And then choose the one YOU prefer. Most important of all try to remember that we all use Linux, we all love Linux and we are all using the same tools even if they are packaged differently. Never do as all the others who tend to adopt one distribution and tell everyone on the net theirs is better than the other. The most imortant thing is to try and participate in whichever way you can/want and try to make this contribution for all of us whatever his distribution with clear documentation, install scripts, sources and all Sorry for the long post. And please no flames I won't even try to argue on which distribution is better. Aide Florent AlphaCentauri http://www.alphacentauri.com/opensource/ - -- Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes. -- email sig, Brian Servis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE84iHYQe8gCED8yYERAsyUAJ47BXZSrG3aUZXwl5yi1o/cy/LWAwCeIisc 1KjzH131DeFfx2K0tSCmpLM= =EW9O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
