[Scottish] RH8.0 vs MDK8.2 (Linux by any other name just isn't Mandrake)

Aidan Skinner scottish at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Oct 16 17:04:00 2002


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On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 10:13:55AM +0100, Ian Drake, IT, CIR, SE Dunbartons=
hire wrote

> (set to 1024x768x24 on both distros) seem chunkier and more patronising in
> RH. The only thing I liked about it was evolution. Do I have to pay for t=
his
> if I want to install it on MDK, or is it OpenSource?

Evolution is Free Software, licensed under the GPL.
http://www.ximian.com/products/evolution/

> Is anyone else starting to dislike RH?

Not really, they're morally sound (unlike SuSE), rpm is as good a
means as any to distribute precompiled software and otherwise it's a
GNU system like many others.

- Aidan
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