[Preston] Some basic Linux questions

[Guy Heatley]

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On Tuesday 07 January 2003 9:32 pm, you wrote:


> So mandrake RedHat and suse are related then. Presumably
> they work in similar ways. Does that means that programs (rpm's) for one
> can be safely installed on another? maybe with minor adjustments.

Mandrake and Suse stem originally from RedHat.

As for different rpms, obviously one specific to your distro is better, of 
course. I think other ones can be used, but not in all cases. I am not really 
the best person to answer this question because I don't use a RH based distro.
You could always compile the source!

Maybe someone more enlightened than me could provide more info.

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