Re: [techtalk] Differences between linux distributions

[Beverly Guillermo]

The thing is that you can configure your system to have the "standardized"
installation or not.  If it's not a system program, I generally place new
programs in /usr/local  ... I think it's a matter of personal choice. =)

Beverly


On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Karolina Lindqvist wrote:

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> > Another example, Apache by default
> > stores most things in /usr/local, RH is in /etc/, same with Mandrake,
> > Caldera (I believe goes with Apache). The list goes on. 
> 
> Of course, my question is -- why? With linux it was a chance of having
> a united environment, after the bad experience of 10 zillion different
> unix version, all he same but all different. :-(
> And now the same thing is happening with linux.
> 
> It appears to be hidden forces that want to make things so complicated
> that they don't work anymore...
> 
> -- Karolina
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