Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/30/05:02:42
On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, DR. Andras Solyom wrote:
> Tudor wrote:
> >
> > What is the difference between Slackware and RedHat?
> The underlying Linux system is the same. But the additional programs
> differ. e.g. Slackware's mc (midnight commander - a Norton Commander
> like file manager) cannot display an FTP directory as a panel, while
> RedHat can - this was at leas true till Slakware version 3.0. The
> installation programs differ, (both are easy to use but with different
> possibilities), etc.
WRONG. mc CAN put an ftp fs in a panel under slackware. I'm using
Slackware 3.1. Regardless of which distribution you use, you can
always upgrade older programs fairly easily so I don't see any
difference here.
> > Doesn't Slackware include X too?
> Yes it has X. But you can use different window managers with it.
Wrong again! The default WM with Slackware 3.0 was fvwm. If you look
at the utility menu on fvwm you will see the option to switch to a
different WM. TWM, OLWM, OLVWM, and others. As long as YOU HAVE
installed those other window managers, then you can run them.
Slackware 3.1 puts fvwm95 as the default WM. Regardless of the
distribution that you are running (RH, Slackware, etc.) you can use
whatever window manager you like, as long as you've installed it.
Granted, you may have to edit your .xinitrc or some other files, but
you CAN use other window managers.
> > > The reason, IMHO, that we do not want to switch to Linux from DOS is
> > > that we want our computer to be compatible with the majority of the
> > > software (e.g. games )out there.
I'm running Linux and DOS on the same machine. It is very easy to use
both OS's. I use LOADLIN to switch to Linux from DOS.
> > But you have the dos emulator and LILO so you can easily work around
> > that.
> many useful DOS program will not run on the emulator, and don't forget
> Windows!
Almost all of the programs that I run in DOSemu work just fine. The
only ones that don't work are programs that use devices that use DMA
such as soundcards, and other cards. Some DOS extenders don't work
right too but this seems to change with successive releases of DOSemu.
If you want to play games however, don't plan on running DOS games in
DOSemu. I've gotten several popular games to run, however NONE with
sound, and they all usually run much slower. (Regardless of nice
value, hog threshold)
If you use Linux, keep OpenDOS available as well.
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