Re: Differences in RH Fedora coming from Debian
On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:19:54 -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.
Firstly, you are not going to make many friends by dissing what many
long-time Unix programmers regard as the best test editor going. So you
can pretty much assume, as a result, that at least 50% of vi geeks are not
going to be prepared to help you out, including me.
>
> 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.
If one of the objectives of the class is to work with a Fedora system,
then the only thing that's sickening, as far as I can see, is that you
consider your opinion on Linux distributions to be more "correct" than
your professor's, even if it may disadvantage you in the class.
>
> 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.
You expect the good people of this list to spend a not inconsiderable
amount of time to help you out for free, simply because you are too
stubborn to meet your own class requirements?
Try asking on a RedHat list. Then you can piss off both vi users and RH
admins all at the same time.
--
....................paul
Programming without a hex editor is like watchmaking without a hammer.
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