Re: Netscape

["t.bedlam" <bedlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 12:31:48PM +0000, awilliam@whitemice.org was only 
   escaped alone to tell thee:

> Hmmm.  What version of libc?  Does an /sbin/ldconfig finish happily?  
> What's your enviroment look like?

Yes, it does finish happily. 

libc-2.0.7.so
libc-so.5.4.46
libg++-2-libc6.0-1-2.8.2.so
libg++.so.2.7.2.8

> RedHat! RedHat! RedHat!  Except no substitutes.  I tried Mandrake, 
> most things work, it is faster, but occasionally I found an app that 
> would not run (seg Fault), but on Redhat it worked find with roughly 
> the same servion of everything.  I suspect their "optimizing" compile 
> introduces subtle bugs (compilers can do that).

Hell, even I can use an "-O" switch. :) The kernel, 2.0.38, is i586
optimized and hasn't a hiccup (if I read the compiler msgs aright).

> I've never used 
> Debian,  but I know it's file system layout seems deviant from FSSTND 
> (their very religious people, I like what works, at least as far as my 
> OS go's, even if it costs me money).  Nice too see someone using SCSI, 
> but I'd recommend another 32Mb of RAM.

Sadly, I have no money to spare (taxes, glasses, dentist) and won't for few
weeks, by which time I shall probably be rather hungry. :) Just kidding.
Nah, truly, I prefer the console to X for most things, though I've seen
Enlightenment desktops that make my--ah, mouth water: yeah, mouth water. :)

Actually, I replaced Red Hat with Debian on this box. From what I've read of
the FSSTND since, Debian has it over Red Hat in directory structure and file
placement. And to the naked ls -i, everything looks a bit more structured.

The real quirk of Debian is simply the ideology. Things you take totally for
granted are NOT standard on a Debian box. Exim is installed rather than
sendmail because exim is GPL'ed and sendmail is still Berkeley software, NOT
because exim is easier or more full-featured than sendmail. On the other
hand, what is on a Debian box works great. And as I noted before, I like
quixotic causes. :) 

It's just that with a 2.2 kernel, I would just slam Mozilla on here. Or, I
could point apt-get to woody-frozen and d/l the new OS. OR, actually, said
the Scarecrow, if I had a brain I'd go to Ian's and use his lovely ISDN line
and just burn a woody-frozen CD....
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HEY, YEAH!

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