That is true, to some extent. I have had a few library issues (and can't seem to find out where to get them), but for the most part, everything is VERY different than the days when I was TRYING to use RH6-ish. That was one thing that kept me away from Linux for so long. I was SO tired of not being able to just install a GD program... or should I say, having to jump through hoops just to install a program. All of that is gone. You just gotta love YaST (or whatever of the 40 package managers you happen to use).
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RHL 5.1 was my entrance to Red Hat. It stunk. RHL 7 was my first RHL that I could use and enjoy. I was using slackware previous to that. Nowadays, as long as the system is desinged sanely, it usually doesnt do more than bug me. Like SuSE. Linspire, Ubuntu, CentOS and Fedora are all just forks as to how I want to do things.
For uber-reliable systems, CentOS is a nobrainer. If I dont need gaming or windows interoperability, OpenBSD is the choice then (for the uber systems at least).
YUM not as good as APT.
Yeah, I still remember RH 5'ish days. My real install that I did it myself was 6.0 (I still have the disc). RH pissed me off big. So I went with Debian and never looked back. I wonder RH world once in a while such as with RH 7.1 and 7.2. I think the best distro RH ever put out (at least in Desktop sense) is 7.2. The rest are all crap.
My first useable Linux desktop was Storm (anyone remember that one?). It was based on Debian and after a few months, I went straight to Debian.
I tried a few distros here and there, I keep track of SuSE and Slack, Fedora once in a while, all that stuff. But my main working horse had been Debian. Even Ubuntu disappoint me time to time so I'm not sure I will ever leave my belove Debian.
I fail to see how. I have yet to have an issue that is yum's fault ever. I have had (albeit few) snags with apt. I would like to hear technical deficiencies here. As far as I can tell they both work fine for the job at hand.Originally Posted by Compunuts
7.3 was the best, better hardware support with less woes, more current versions of GNOME and KDE, and had some nice backports from RHEL kernels. This continued thru RHL9, and into Fedora, but wasnt present before as much.
As for my favorite list:
RHL 7.3
CentOS 4.3
Ubuntu 6.06
RHL 9
This would be useless. Remember, "it's not a bug, it's a feature" argument. They will ALWAYS argue this way no matter what. The reality is, in overall functioning, APT beats YUM outright.
One question though, Is YUM being able to handle distro upgrades now? Something similar to "apt-get dist-upgrade" in Debian?
As far as the end user the functionality of yum and apt are rather identical with one difference. Yum will query the server(s) each time you connect for updates and new packages. This can slow things down by a minute or so. Apt doesnt. On the server side, yum is a bit easier in that regard for bleeding edge distros for that reason -- you can force the latest and greatest. I haven't seen that being utilized with any of my distros of choice, but that doesn't mean it isn't occuring.
From what I hear with this, is yes. I have never used that, simply since I will always want a DVD of the latest release and will upgrade with that. But that is me ...
Hi all,
I am a complete newbie to linux, but mid level with Windoze. I have just given up trying to get FC5 latest download working on my Note book (Compaq Presario V6002) as it could not correctly identify the CPU or get a display up and running. I klnow all you command line wizards will tell me the command line is where all the action is, But I'm a babe in the woods, and have forgotten all I ever new about Dos, so I need to ease myself back in gently.
However I installed Suse 10.1 Enterprise from the cover disk of a pc magazine, and the installation ran very well. CPU and GPU correctly identified and set up, desktop up and running fine. I had already created a FAT32 partition to hold my docs with a view to accessing them thru both OS's, and after suse instal was pleased to see that Suse has picked up both the Fat 32 and NTFS partitions, so that I can browse and access files directly from "My Documents" and "c" drive straight from Linus with no hiccups.
Great result for a beginner like me. It also setup my wired NIC first time, so net access via cable is now happening. All I have to setup now is the inbuilt wireless adaptor- (Broadcom 802.11a/b/g) and I will be one happy geek.
I will add a new post regarding thi e wifi issue, but I wanted to add my experience with Suse 10.1 Enterprise in case any other newbies are struggling with command line setup of FC5 etc.
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