Re: WhiteBox Linux

On 2009-01-29, blueparty <partner50449476@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The problem is that older distributions won't run new software. Good
example are apps that depend on gtk. They often require certain libgtk
version or newer. Recent gtk versions have the supporting libraries
built with Cairo (pangocairo.so.x.y).

Well, look. You have to meet your most important requirements first.
If you need CentOS 4 to run Sybase, then you need CentOS 4. If you
really need Sybase, it seems like you should have the budget to dedicate
an entire machine to it, and run your recent GTK-based apps on other
hardware and a recent distro.

--keith


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