Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

[Robert E. Raymond]

On Thursday 28 August 2003 03:01 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:21:17 +0000
>
> "Robert E. Raymond" <rraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and
> > installed Redhat 9.  It's currently reminding me why I don't use an RPM
> > based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few
> > things fixed it will be great for my pianist (for one he needs a GUI for
> > just about everything and Gentoo doesn't provide that).
>
> Of course Gentoo does not have an ebuild for everything under the sun.
> What types of things are missing that cause a problem? Just curious.
>
> You are not limited from installing RPMs on Gentoo. Dependencies could
> probably be a hassle, but they are on a pure RPM system (wherever those may
> exist).

It's not the apps available- it's the system setup/maintenance stuff that he 
needs a GUI for.  Gentoo's great for me, because I know what a command line 
is.

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