Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 18:00:36 05/22/02
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On May 22, 2002 at 14:48:51, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On May 22, 2002 at 14:01:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >> >>> - getting files from a CDrom. Default the cd drives aren't automounted. >> >> >>Sorry but if you run X, then "magicdev" is running and it _will_ automatically >>mount the CD if you insert it. > >This is distribution-dependent, I guess. It's certainly not a feature >of normal, standard X-Windows. Of course not. xwindows by itself is just a windows manager and the needed drivers to support the graphics cards. Other apps are added in including various terminal windows and so forth. magicdev is just another x app. It comes with redhat, so I assume it comes with most others... > >>> - Now i talk about Redhat of course, but compared to redhat other >>> distributions with exception perhaps of Debian (Suse doesn't count >>> as you can't download that for free, i need to BUY it in a shop >>> in order to get a legal working copy), they suck ass anyway, but >>> there are major problems with the size it needs. >> >>This is wrong. _all_ linux distributions must be downloadable or they >>violate the GPL the linux kernel is distributed under. I have downloaded >>SUSE in the past, but I prefer redhat personally. > >You are misunderstanding the GPL here. There is nothing that requires >a distro to be downloadable. SuSE hasn't been for quite a while. > >They only have to include sources for the stuff they distribute >that is GPL'ed. > >Including some sources =/= offering _everything_ for download. > >-- >GCP Perhaps I am wrong then. But in any case, redhat handles this nicely and I have been a satisfied user for years...
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