Re: [PLUG] Linux/UNIX OS choice

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 03:30:40AM +0000, Paul wrote:
> I've heard that there are a couple Linux distributions based on Red
> Hat.  Mandrake being one.  I've always used Red Hat.  It's easy enough
> to get started with and good enough for real IT work.  Mandrake seems
> to babyish to me, not that it's a bad desktop OS.

As someone else pointed out, it started life based on Red Hat, but it's
not anymore.

Which brings me to a little-known fact: SuSE started out in basically
the same way with regard to Slackware.  (I noticed a similarity in
directory structure between the two and commented on it to somebody.
They said that Pat Volkerding helped them get started.)  They switched
to RPM format somewhere around version 3 or 4.</UselessTrivia>

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