hi, ok thanks for the great answer here. I am thinking of installing 1 of 3 different distributions these being slakware 8.0, brlspeak, I don't recall what version, and zipspeek if it will work. and was just making sure because I didn't want to go to the trouble of installing, and learning these distrubations only to find out that i couldn't do much with this. thanks again. btw, I have heard of pearl but, what is this? thanks again. charles On 2002-06-01 blinux-list@redhat.com said: >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. >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive