[1322] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: RedHat-3.0.3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Thu Jun 6 02:35:32 1996
To: Emil Sit <sit@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 Jun 1996 17:15:15 EDT."
<199606052115.RAA16269@harlie.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 02:34:35 EDT
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> There's a HOWTO in /mit/linux/redhat you can read if you want to install
> it. I want to install RH on one of the spare partitions on cutter, but
> that'll wait until cutter's keyboard is fixed and I have more free time.
Speaking of which, I just installed RedHat on a few machines
at work. Over all, I was really impressed with it
(as compared to Slackware).
Things I like:
- It comes with lots of cool utilities and programs
(many more than Slackware does)
- I like the /etc/rc.d/ setup it uses (using init.d, SysV style).
I think this would make drop-in installation considerably easier.
- The package manager makes upgrading thigs easy (although
reverting an upgrade if you have problems seems hard).
- The installation tool seems cleaner and "smarter"
than Slackware.
- They have an errata page of bug-fixes and security
fixes. Installing these upgrade packages is trivial.
Problems I've noticed:
- The flip side of it having lots of cool stuff is
that it's BIG (compared to Slackware).
A full installation isabout 300 MB!!!
- I find their system of having a gazillion boot
disk images to be a little disconcerting, but I guess it makes sense
for some cases.
There are probably some other things I forgot about and I'll
send mail when I remember.
--- Erik
