I'm taking a class this semester which is all about installing and using Linux. After talking with the professor on Tuesday, I've learned a few details. First, I have to use Vulgarly Illogical for my text editor for the purposes of labs, tests, etc. As illustrated by the previous sentence, I'm an emacs user. :) I'm not happy about it, but I'm not against learning vi in the event that some day I am banished to a hell where there is no emacs. :) The other problem, however, is what the subject deals with. We're going to be working on Fedora systems. What's sickening, is that the reason I was given for using Fedora was because it was 'free' since we have a CONTRACT with Red Hat. Apparently, free as in speech Debian isn't free enough for them? :) While I have gotten permission from the professor to use my laptop (with Debian on it) for the class, I'll still be responsible for knowing the Fedora way of doing things for purposes of the hands-on midterm and final. So, with all of that said, what can I expect in the way of differences. I have already confirmed with him that any and all GUI tools will NOT be used for any labs. (i.e. all installation and configuration will be text-only, with config files to be edited by hand) I know, for example, that the default document path in RH systems is /usr/doc while in Debian it's /usr/share/doc. What other things like this should I look out for? Can I still expect all config files to be in /etc, does RH use /etc/init.d/ and friends, etc. Any and all tips are welcome. TIA. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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