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Re: Using Linux
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Theodore C. Belding |
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Re: Using Linux |
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Sat, 12 Oct 1996 19:24:44 -0400 |
At 5:15 PM -0600 10/12/96, glen e. p. ropella wrote:
>It really doesn't matter which distribution you get. But, just
>remember that the fancier the distribution gets, the less control
>you have (e.g. Slackware distributes it's packages in *.tar.gz
>format instead of the *.rpm format. [grin])
You can always get the .tar.gz sources from the .src.rpm files.
-Ted
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Ted Belding <mailto:address@hidden>
University of Michigan Program for the Study of Complex Systems
<http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~streak/>