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Re: OT: Linux Comparison (from: Nasty rumor -> Email Carlyat......)
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:54:22 -0500
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In general, one can consult http://www.distrowatch.com/

Richard

David T Darnell wrote:
>
> I answer my own question in part by looking at Caldera's website and finding
>
> http://www.caldera.com/images/pdf/company/the_difference_between_caldera_and_redhat_linux.pdf
>
> -dtd
>
> So what's the comparison between Red Hat and Caldera?
>
> -dtd
>
> [log in to unmask] on 11/13/2001 01:53:00 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]@Internet
> cc:      (bcc: David T Darnell/CO/KAIPERM)
> Subject:        Re: [HP3000-L] Nasty rumor -> Email Carly at......
>
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, at 12:34 PM, Gavin Scott wrote:
>
> > John writes:
> >
> >> Red Hat's proprietary Linux?
> >
> > I have a hard time comprehending a definition for the word "proprietary"
> > that applies to an operating system which is entirely under the GPL.
> >
> > G.
> >
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> >
> The fundamental difference between virtually every linux distribution is
> basically.
>
> 1.  The installer
> 2.  The software they decided to include (all of which is freely
> available, the commercial stuff (if any) is on another CD in the box)
> 3.  The default for putting software (Redhat and Mandrake have it wrong
> in my opinion)
> 4.  If it is RPM or DEB based for packages - 98% of them are RPM based,
> but DEB is far far superior.  RPM came from Redhat many years ago and
> since most distributions are descendants of redhat, they use it - DEB is
> part of Debian and any distro based on it, and there are currently no
> viable Debian based distributions, but Xandros (who bought Corels Linux
> a couple months ago) might make it successful.  Finally there is
> Conectiva in Brazil who have a tool to allow rpms to work like debs, and
> i understand it's very nice.
>
> but proprietary Linux?  Hogwash.
>
> shawn
>
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