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Master of Reality:

quote:Originally posted by Calum:
but does slackware lock you out of using rpms? or can you just install rpm on a slackware system?
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why would you want to install rpms when you have the great slackware package management system. I have found the slackware packages to be a lot faster than rpms when installing them for soem reason. However if you really wanted to you still can install RPMs on slackware, but it doesnt work for some rpms.
 Its sounds like your against slackware because they might lock you into tgz package, but your not againt redhat because it locks you into those damn rpm packages.

Calum:
bullSHIT mister handman!

i am after a distro that will install stuff from a package if it will run. i also want one that will run the stuff people release. If some stuff is released as only red hat rpms (and some is) or red hat/mandrake/suse rpms then how will i install these in slackware?

many programs are available as source and these can be installed on red hat or slackware, and if both systems can have both rpm and package manager installed then what's the problem? presumably i can install the slackware package manager in red hat?

waxing:
jtpenrod im trying now installing redhat and just taking out the redhat-artwork and redhat-menu packages (i tried it before and just installed gnome but had no menus or anything)and im just going to install kde from ftp and see what happens

waxing...

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