On 4/8/06, Hal MacArgle <haltec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If I recall correctly RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager which I believe > > is uses by Fedora/Redhat and FreeMandriva/Mandriva/Mandrake. > > True AFAIK; plus others including Slackware that has the rpm > program but warns us that it doesn't work with all apps... Open > Source keeps us on our toes, eh?? Could it be with SuSe that it means > something like Reliable Package Manager, instead of RedHat Package > Manager?? Stranger things have happened.. The study of acronyms is > another PhD dissertation.. Believe it or not, RPM stands for RPM Package Manager. -- Yawar Malaysia +60 (12) 918 6642 Bangladesh +880 (174) 614 754 or +880 (2) 882 1848 or +880 (175) 003 706 or +880 (189) 250 170 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
