That's a loaded question. As always, the answer is simple: it depends... More seriously, depending on how the programs were compiled against the libraries, kernel dependency, CPU type, etc. you might find that some programs won't run on one distribution but they will in another. I would say that commercial software tends to depend on distributions more likely than open source software. For example, Oracle database requires RedHat with certain kernel etc. Same for other programs. Some of that can be attributed to the fact that Linux is not static environment and people come up with improvements that require major changes in some cases. We go through those cycles every few years. Sometimes the initial problem with running certain program is a lack of dependent libraries and such. To fix that all you need is to install the dependencies and things start to work. In general I find that programs run much better between different distributions of aproximately the same age than in windows world. Of course shell scripts, generic perl programs, run in any distribution. On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 09:48:50PM -0600, cbowman@netdoor.com wrote: > > hi listers, I have a question. I am trying to make some disions between 2 > different distrubations of linux so if this sounds like a dum question > please forgive me. for thoes of you who are also tried windows you know that > with different versions of windows you can't run some win95 software under > 98, you can't run some 98 programs under 95 and from what I understand a > alot of 95/98 software can't run under xp. so, talking about linux with all > of the different distrubations of linux. redhat, slakware, zipspeek, and > others is there very much problem with software that wil not work on one > version of linux, or another. like somethings that may not run under redhat > that would under slakware, or somethings that won't run under zipspeak that > would under redhat.. thanks alot. > charles > > Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rafael The Gap Between the Rich and the Poor is Constant.