Michael Manchester wrote:
>
> I've been using RedHat up to version 7.0 for a number
> of years and was wondering how much like RedHat
> Mandrake is ? It says on their page that it supports
> RPMS. What about configuration files and filesystem?
> Is it just like RedHat.
Here's the deal: It's 90% like Red Hat (give or take a few points). I
mean, the placement of the configuration files is generally the same,
which is what I guess you'd want (stuff is still placed in /usr/local/
as opposed to, say, SuSE which places things in /opt (usually really big
programs like KDE or Bloatscape Communicator), and the config scripts
are in the same place for stuff like XF86). In fact, it used to be that
Mandrake was nothing more than Red Hat with a pretty dress (read -
Mandrake 6.1, ancient). Now, note that the last version of Drake I used
was 7.1 (7.2 was a personal dissaster and I've only used Red Hat and
SuSE since), so my info IS probably a bit out of date. However, the
differences between RH and Drake are mainly things like boot loaders
(Drake, I believe, defaults to GRUB, but I'm unsure), and the actual
File System (you can choose to go with ReiserFS or ext2 or both, though
I think the new Drake also has support for ext3. RH is ext2 only, unless
7.1 offers something else). Other than that, the base setup is pretty
simmilar. Well, except for the install.
Moral of the story: You'll have to get used to some things, but not
much. Drake and RH are pretty similar in most ways.
Norb
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