[olug] best linux distro for...

Luke-Jr luke at dashjr.org
Fri Jul 13 12:54:39 UTC 2007


On Thursday 12 July 2007 21:38, Kevin wrote:
> Probably because there's a specific RPM package he wants to install.

Then he knows what OS he wants to run. RPMs are (generally) designed for and 
only work on a single OS. A RedHat RPM doesn't necessarily work on Mandriva, 
etc... Even if it does work, you don't know what random binary 
incompatibility you might hit someday.



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