what unix, linux c/c++ to buy

[glenn at aoi.ultranet.com (Glenn Burkhardt)]

...just some rambling on a hopelessly open ended subject...


I just gave up on RedHat 6.2, reformated my disk, and put in Mandrake 7.0.  I
was thoroughly disgusted when kppp stopped working 
    - it wanted root access, and kept popping up a password dialog box
    - it wouldn't work at all unless X access was wide open (xhost +)

So, my system is all back to being friendly again...

But, I did happen to notice these (important to me) differences:

RedHat 6.2 omits:
    - working kppp
    - dosemu
    - gcc 2.95.2, and includes a compiler with a serious bug in the optimizer
	when g++ is used...

Mandrake 7.0 omits:
    - rsh, rexec (previous RPM from Mandrake 6.1 works)
    - HOWTO's  (readily available on the net)

Mandrake 7.0 includes these nice features:
    - rpmdrake (best GUI front end to rpm that I've used).
    - uses 'supermount' for CDROM and floppy access (real cool!)
    - includes dosemu
    - includes gcc 2.95.2

And, I guess, the moral of the story is becoming the fact that 1 CDROM is
not enough for a Linux distribution, so probably SUSE's 6 CD approach is the
best way to go, until we all have DVD players in our machines.  On the other
hand, since CD's probably cost $0.50 in quantity, why restrict a distribution 
to just one CD?

I won't try to use RedHat any more, at least until I hear that they've 
improved...

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