Re: FreeBSD vs. RedHat

From: Erik Steffl (steffl_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 10/02/03

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    SoloCDM wrote:
    ...
    > When RedHat started out, it had some conveniences, but it quickly
    > become so bizarre and discombobulated that I am feed-up, a voodoo act
    > and standing on one's head is involved. Most of the so-called-experts
    > in RPMs don't know what they're doing from one minute to the next.
    > Usually installing the tarball (my form of description) is the only
    > available option.
    >
    > So many of the RPM distributors are inventing and reinventing new ways
    > to reroute the file to its original location. Often the files go
    > through 6 links before you capture the original file. That doesn't
    > include the original program from recognizing other renamed filenames
    > that produce optional executions. This usually keeps some of the RPM
    > installations from installing, *unless*, all the rubble is ripped out
    > before you start. Often that *breaks* the whole structure/hierarchy
    > apart.
    >
    > Now distributors have moved to an option that supposedly entices
    > enterprises. Usually it forces the installations to conform to their
    > type of networking.

       [conform to their type of networking? what do you mean?]

       there is LSB (http://www.linuxbase.org/) and FHS
    (http://www.pathname.com/fhs/) to help to solve these problems. I think
    it's getting better.

       you'd be better with other distros though - debian (packages
    dependencies etc. are maintained, you can upgrade across major version
    fairly easily (I already went through 3 major version, IIRC, with same
    system)) or slackware (very minimalistic and clean, you pretty much
    manage everything yourself (this might not be true anymore, I didn't use
    it for quite some time))

       still, and this is pretty much for all unix(like) systems - install
    the packages that are part of the distribution only. Anything third
    party install in /opt/name-version (preferably from source) and create
    links as appropriate (stow is a great help). That's the only way to keep
    the system manageable, whether it's redhat or freeBSD.

            erik

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