Debian -VS- RedHat, again?
I recently picked up PC PLUS magazine, it has great Linux coverage this issue.
StarOffice and Netscape 4.7 for Linux Plus loads of other Linux software as
well. It also has an interview with Colin Fenwick, VP for RedHat Europe. I
almost choked when I read the following quote from him. "There are four major
linux distributors and we are the only one that hasn't added proprietary
extensions." I realise Corel has 'Lizard', but I was wondering if he doesn't
consider Debian to be a major distributor, or what proprietary extensions has
Debian introduced to Linux? I am not Anti-RedHat, I just prefer the .deb package
format to the rpm format. I can't wait to install StarOffice and netscape on my
system, unfortunately they are rpm's : ( If I use alien, will it update my menus
for me? I installed an older version of Netscape using the install script
provided by Netscape, but it didn't update my menu and I have to run Netscape by
hand at the moment. I have a similar problem with Acrobat reader. I've read the
doc's concerning menu's, but right now they are just over my head and I don't
get much time at my system to try to puzzle it out right now. Just thought I'd
share this with you.
Cheers,
John Gay
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