Re: Comparing distributions

1999-03-07 Thread Vadim Smelyansky
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Moran Cohen wrote: MC> I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996. MC> before that i also used slackware. MC> My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ? I began from slackware, after try to switch to RH, after, when I try Debian, I through R

Re: Comparing distributions

1999-03-06 Thread Vadim Smelyansky
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Peter L. Peres wrote: > imho, from what I understand that you are trying to do stay with > Slackware, but buy RH disks and investigate the unrpm package. It allows > RH packages to be used on Slackware. > > Bias warning: I am doing precisely this myself 'alien' packa

Re: Comparing distributions

1999-03-06 Thread Peter L. Peres
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Alex Shnitman wrote: >Moran Cohen writes: > >> I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996. >> before that i also used slackware. >> My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ? > >Often asking such a question is asking for trouble. But I'll try to

Re: Comparing distributions

1999-03-06 Thread Peter L. Peres
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Moran Cohen wrote: >Hi, >I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996. >before that i also used slackware. >My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ? > > Thanks, > Moran. imho, from what I understand that you are trying to do stay with Slackware,

Re: Comparing distributions

1999-03-05 Thread Alex Shnitman
Moran Cohen writes: > I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996. > before that i also used slackware. > My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ? Often asking such a question is asking for trouble. But I'll try to make a quick rundown. Slackware is for people

Comparing distributions

1999-03-05 Thread Moran Cohen
Hi, I've been using the same slackware distribution since 1996. before that i also used slackware. My question: what distribution best fits whose needs ? Thanks, Moran.