Re: flash plugin
On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 03:17:21AM -0300, James LeClair wrote:
> I,m curious, does any one know the answer to this question; What are
> the main differences between suSE, Debian, mandrake, redhat,
> slackware?
That's a fairly ambiguous question, but here are some of the differences
I'm aware of:
PACKAGING:
SuSE, Mandrake, and Red Hat
- use an RPM based package management system. Thus, they have all
the pros and cons associated with this package management system
(some love it, some hate it).
Slackware
- uses it's own TAR based packaging system. I've never really used
it, so I have no input on it one way or the other.
Debian
- uses a DEB based package management system.
STRUCTURE:
SuSE, Slackware, and Mandrake
- never used them long enough to get a true fell for their structure
Red Hat
- structure changes quite frequently and appear to be largely
marketing driven. This seems to mean that latest whiz-bang
features and products are included with little concern for how
previous installations will be upgraded. (Personally used RH from
6.0 through 7.2, normal upgrade was a reinstall).
Debian
- Clearly defined structure governed by Policy. Policy is readily
available to anyone and everyone. One tenant of this is that
config files are sacrosanct (not sure of any other distro with this
stance).
I'm sure there are other differences, but these should give you a
start.
--
Jamin W. Collins
This is the typical unix way of doing things: you string together lots
of very specific tools to accomplish larger tasks. -- Vineet Kumar
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