Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:20:23 -0400 From: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net> To: Nathan Mace <nmace85@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD over Redhat Linux? Message-ID: <20010916212023.6288deb1.matthew@starbreaker.net> In-Reply-To: <20010916211100.73ac9592.nmace85@yahoo.com> References: <004a01c13f04$378b9c40$5eeaf7a5@oemcomputer> <002801c13f11$41fbcee0$0e00000a@tomcat> <20010916211100.73ac9592.nmace85@yahoo.com>
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On 16 September 2001 you wrote: > the biggest difference to me is installing software. two words for you: "RPM Hell". That's the main reason for me dumping SuSE (which is based on RPM) and switched to Slackware. But Slack wants to stick GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, and all my favorite windowmanagers in /opt when (IMHO) they belong in /usr/X11R6 Then again, just getting away from RPM is reason enough. ****** Matthew Graybosch [matthew@starbreaker.net] http://www.starbreaker.net :: where dreams and reality collide The SNAFU Principle: "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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