From rknebel@csrlink.net Thu Feb 19 01:08:33 1998
From: rknebel@csrlink.net
To: users@lists.opensuse.org
Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Newby questions
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 02:08:33 +0100
Message-ID: <6cg0mh$p0e$1@Galois.suse.de>
In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] Newby questions>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:52:28 -0800, Bodo Bauer wrote:
>
>Rick Knebel wrote:
>>
>> I am a little new to linux and have acouple of questions about the suse di=
stribution.
>> Does it come with a ppp configuration tool?
>
>Not yet, 5.2 will have PPP configuration integrated in our admin toll (YaST).
Thanks for your reply.
Do most people just make there own scripts then?
I did that with my first linux distribution I tried?
>> Can you use redhat rpm's with it?
>
>Yes, our distribution is also packed with rpm. The pathes may be
>slighty different?!
Is there an ftp site for suse like for redhat where you can find the latest p=
rograms in a=20
rpm format that is compatible with suse?
>
>> Is it based on glibc?
>
>No. We look forward to use libc with SuSE 6.0, which will be available
>as a DEC-Alpha version too!
That good because redhat 5.0 is a big pain in the butt with there glibc.
Every time I tried to apply one of there fixes another problem developed.
I think they rushed it
>
>Ciao,
> BB
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