[Mimedefang] Can't locate Unix/Syslog.pm

Albert E. Whale, CISSP aewhale at ABS-CompTech.com
Wed May 28 15:33:00 EDT 2003


listuser at numbnuts.net wrote:

>The reason I still run RH on all my servers is because almost every open
>source project I've looked at that was written with Linux support had
>support for RH.  Many of the HOWTOs and guides are written with RH in
>mind.  It's so popular that an open source project would be crazy to not
>support it.  Not supporting RH is comparable to inventing the next killer
>app and only releasing it for OpenBeOS. :)  Granted RH has its problems as
>do all distributions.  I don't spend too much time installing anything via
>RPMS.  In fact I almost always end up uninstalling dozens of RPMs from a
>typical install.  I compile my daemons from source.  I also compile most
>libraries from scratch.  I use a stock kernel for about 30 minutes after
>initial installation (long enough to update a few things and compile my
>own kernel :) ).  I do like the directory structure though.  Perhaps the 
>reason I'm so used to RH is because I got started using PPC Linux distros 
>like MkLinux, LinuxPPC, and YellowDog.  Those are all RH-based.
>
>Maybe I should give Gentoo a try.  The next time I have a machine freed up 
>I'll have to do that.
>
>  
>
Justin,

FYI - Linux Mandrake is RedHat Linux on SPEED.  It's 100% Compatible 
with RH RPMs, the only TWO Major Differences are:

1. Linux Mandrake (LM) - uses an  optimized compilation.  (i.e. it's 
built for Pentium and above servers, current technology).  While I don't 
have any 386 servers around, I know that RedHat Choose the 386 model for 
their Linux so that they could support Older Technology.  LM supports 
current technology.

2. Since LM is optimized for current technologies, It supports more 
Video, Monitors, USB Devices, Filesystems .....

Don't get me wrong, RH will forever hold a sweet spot in my heart, but 
LM screams in comparison.  Perhaps you'll consider freeing up two 
servers to play with?

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Albert E. Whale, CISSP
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