On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Mahalingam Subramaniam <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Learning can be achieved only through manual insatallations & CLI sans > GUI.
The point Shakti was trying to make was that if you are new to unix, don't try to compile your own apps and put them into production. The binaries provided by your distro goes through rigorous testing and are better suited for production use. Further, distro binaries are always up to date with the latest security patches. An extreme example of this is OpenBSD were you're discouraged from compiling your own custom kernel. You are to run the official GENERIC kernel just like everyone else. That's just how it works with OpenBSD. But if you're purpose is to learn, then I completely agree that compiling your own apps makes good learning. - Raja _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
