* Alex Risselada <risselada-a@hetnet.nl>:

Burning questions about the libraries. I know there are 2 major systems, the libc5, and glibc. I've read somewere the glibc was the best, and the version is 2. Where is the advantage, and could I compile a program, wich need libc2 under glibc2?

glibc is synonymous with libc6, so you can see that it is not an opposing C library to libc5 but a newer version.

What are these libraries doing? How can I check what library I use?

You use glibc for almost everything, if not everything. Likely the *only* reason you would want libc5 would be if you had a closed-source program that was compiled for with libc5 and hasn't been updated. If you want to see what library a program is linked to use 'ldd path-to-program'. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq