Too bad you're an anonymous coward. Otherwise i would gladly teach you a lesson that RPM aren't that easy to use. Ever installed a so-called package under *BSD ? Have you ever wondered why you personally didn't make something similar for another distro, or are you just a 'user' enjoying other people's efforts and choosing the easiest way and making fun of other, maybe more qualified people ?
I agree with you when you say they're only doing 1/3rd of the job....BUT at least they are doing something. Personally I'm not using the Linux operating system in itself, I'm a FreeBSD And OpenBSD user. Try explaining the advantages of *BSD to companies and you get the answer you can't support every single OS, or worse (quoting) : our clients do not and will never need that kind of power ! Or even better (about Firewalls using OpenBSD vs Linux, you know blowfish ao): The client still has to understand what's going on inside the mashine. As if they know it using M$, but hey, that's the standard, right ? These examples to show that supporting RedHat is hopefully the first step towards supporting multiple OSes. The problem is often the installation procedure (what company doesn't like flashy graphical installation procedures ? Even if it works in less cases ?!) That is, I hope they will, one day, eventually recognize *BSD distributions as worthy alternatives for not only power users ! Speaking of which FreeBSD for instance is not just a kernel. BSD : Can YOU follow your OSes speed ? http://www.freebsd.org http://badlands.rug.ac.be
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Too bad you're an anonymous coward. Otherwise i would gladly teach you a lesson that RPM aren't that easy to use. Ever installed a so-called package under *BSD ? Have you ever wondered why you personally didn't make something similar for another distro, or are you just a 'user' enjoying other people's efforts and choosing the easiest way and making fun of other, maybe more qualified people ?
Have you considered FreeBSD ?
I agree with you when you say they're only doing 1/3rd of the job. ...BUT at least they are doing something. Personally I'm not using the Linux operating system in itself, I'm a FreeBSD And OpenBSD user. Try explaining the advantages of *BSD to companies and you get the answer you can't support every single OS, or worse (quoting) : our clients do not and will never need that kind of power ! Or even better (about Firewalls using OpenBSD vs Linux, you know blowfish ao): The client still has to understand what's going on inside the mashine. As if they know it using M$, but hey, that's the standard, right ? These examples to show that supporting RedHat is hopefully the first step towards supporting multiple OSes. The problem is often the installation procedure (what company doesn't like flashy graphical installation procedures ? Even if it works in less cases ?!) That is, I hope they will, one day, eventually recognize *BSD distributions as worthy alternatives for not only power users ! Speaking of which FreeBSD for instance is not just a kernel. BSD : Can YOU follow your OSes speed ? http://www.freebsd.org http://badlands.rug.ac.be