Mandr* vs. Fudora [was Re: No longer prompted for password!?!]
From: Robert M. Riches Jr. (spamtrap42_at_verizon.net)
Date: 05/10/05
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:11:26 GMT
On 2005-05-10, Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
> "Sasquatch" <linux4all@yahoo.com> writes:
>>well. Too late now to undo the msec configuration. I've already
>>reinstalled, this time using FC3. I'm glad I did, too. FC3 is way
>>more polished. Honestly, I can't understand why anyone would use
>
> Well, maybe. Others find it different, but then your requirements seem a
> bit weird.
>
>>Mandriva/Mandrake, except out of spite or some kind of anti-Red Hat
>>sentiment. Red Hat is much more polished, and they even make it easier
>>to download a free distro. Trying to find a free distro at Mandriva's
>>web site is like navigating a labyrinth of attempts to sell me a
>>commercial software; I had to get it at linuxiso.org.
>
> Good. Redhat has refused free downloads. Fedora is not redhat. It is an
> offshoot whose relation to Redhat is unclear.
>
> REdhat is the company who has purposely written their license to be as
> ambiguous as possible, a license which violates the GPL in any reasonable
> reading of the license. They have refused to clarify it, despite being
> asked about it.
There _is_ (at least) one very good objective reason to use
Mandr* rather than Fedora. Mandrake, traditional Redhat,
and IIUC most other distros backport security patches and
bug fixes into the original version of a package. Fedora's
stated policy is to jump to the current/newest version of
the package. In cases where the new version of a package
has API or user interface changes from the original version,
any security update could require tweaking of local scripts
and other accomodation to adapt to the new package. This
risk is a significant negative.
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)
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