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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:30:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Shawn Leas <sleas AT ixion DOT honeywell DOT com>
To: "Dr H. T. Leung" <htl10 AT cus DOT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Dr H. T. Leung wrote:

> Personally I think people who said Redhat/Suse/whatever being better than
> Slackware/whatever are snobs. While Redhat is no doubt easier to install

Noone said that, just that glibc is better for a number of reasons.

> I actually don't like the Redhat "rpm" concept - when I install something,
> I want to know exactly where every component goes. It is probably a bit
> far-fetched to compare RPM's with the MS Install-Shield; but then there
> are people who thinks anything GUI "clickable" is better than
> non-clickables, and anything hidding all the details is better than
> letting you know what is happening; and anything rpm is better than
> tgz/configure.  Suit yourself. If you can make the computer works for you.

So, you've never used it so you have to complain.  OK, I understand.  RPM
is a nice package management system that any distribution can use.  You
CAN query/verify installed packages or package files you haven't installed
yet..

Noone started a holy war about distributions, and you should try to
either.  I like RedHat, SuSe, Slackware, Stampede, and yes, even FreeBSD
for there individual merits.

-Shawn
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