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. >
Configs will be in /etc but afaik the rc system (startup scripts) is a bit different. > -- > Alex Malinovich > Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! > Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the > pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]