Re: Differences in RH Fedora coming from Debian
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:19:54AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> 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.
>
Red Hat is Linux
Debian is Linux
SuSE is Linux
...
Linux is GNU
GNU is UNIX (yes, really)
UNIX is UNIX
If this class is job training, you need them all. Or, at least you need
to have learned them all well enough to not embarass yourself on the
first day of a new job.
I suggest that you reorganize the disk on your laptop so that there is
space for Red Hat, and learn to install Red Hat Fedora. That part of
the course work is very different from Debian. Maybe reorganize the
disk so that there is free space for a future install of yet another
flavor of OS.
Sometimes seeing a worse way of doing things is just as educational as
seeing a better way.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@peakpeak.com
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