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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.ba.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!dfox From: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com (David E. Fox) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD (or something else?) Date: 6 Apr 1997 21:07:52 GMT Organization: Dave's Really K-rad Linux Box Lines: 29 Message-ID: <slrn5kg2jg.pen.dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com> References: <332c9a76.3278270@news.adelaide.on.net> <01bc32f2$3783f300$04000001@Colin> <E79F14.n7z@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <332f5ffb.519605@news.sprynet.com> <5h51ma$b1u$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> <3337e3ad.1847437@news.sprynet.com> <5hbh2g$gah$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> <333990e3.2587820@news.sprynet.com> <333EE698.41C67EA6@kzin.dorm.umd.edu> <3343cbbf.1091644@news.sprynet.com> <5i1216$gc4$1@news3.realtime.net> <33457087.6003026@news.sprynet.com> <5i77k1$1ob$1@kayrad.ziplink.net> Reply-To: dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com NNTP-Posting-Host: belvdere.vip.best.com X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.1 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:19883 comp.os.linux.misc:168324 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38594 In article <5i77k1$1ob$1@kayrad.ziplink.net>, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > >As a matter of fact, I find that feature greatly annoying. Here is >my typical scenario when I have to install smth on NT4 (at work): >Put in CD. The setup program is started automaticly (did I ask for Here's my typical scenario to install something in linux: 1) if an rpm exists $ rpm -i whatever.rpm 2) if one doesn't tar zxvf package.tar.gz cd package ./configure (sometimes) make make install > -mi -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Tax Thanks for letting me dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com the change magnetic patterns root@belvedere.sbay.org churches on your hard disk. -----------------------------------------------------------------------