Norbert Cartagena wrote:
>
> 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 SuSE since), so my info IS probably a bit out of date.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
As I see it there is a good bit of difference in one aspect. Mandrake
seems to be aimed more at the individual user while Red Hat appears to
be aimed more at the corporate user. IBM is a big owner/investor in Red
Hat so this distinction is understandable. At the current time this does
not appear to effect the operation of either distribution but I would
not bet on that as time passes.
I am using Mandrake 7.1 to write this and I have RH 6.1 in another
machine. Shortly in the next week or so RH 7.2 will be installed on this
machine. I would have used Mandrake 8.0 but currently it is only
available by download.
Frank
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