Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:21:52 01/22/00
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On January 21, 2000 at 09:22:09, Dan Homan wrote: >On January 20, 2000 at 18:44:46, Larry Applebaum wrote: > >>Even though I make my living writing software for Windows >>platforms (mostly) and OpenVMS (not so much, anymore), I >>think it's probably time to get some exposure to Linux - >>don't laugh, I just move a little slowly sometimes. >> >>My questions are: Is there any *best* package? RedHat, >>Mandrake, plus others I have no clue about, and is there >>any one or more that should be avoided? >> >>Thanks! >> >>p.s. My e-mail address has changed to lma@gci.net > >I use redhat myself, but one drawback is that there is no >automatic updating facility (As bugs and security holes are found in >certian parts of linux, the fixes are posted on Redhat's website and >you have to download and install them yourself). I think the mandrake >distribution has an automated update facility. > >I've heard good things about Calderra's OpenLinux and Corel's Linux >distribution. Both are supposed to be very easy to install and configure. > > - Dan Actually there is. rpm will do this whenever you want...
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