On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > 1. Learn RPM compilation (Daunting for a newbie like me. > (I have a couple of years experience but still find spec ) > (files daunting ) > 2. Use Garnome or some other system > 3. Use Gentoo/BSD/some other distro with ports Gentoo uses Portage, which is better than ports (In fact, I would say its probably the best package system out there - which is why I chose it). My frustration with RH is not only with the shortening product cycles (which is moot point now anyway) but also the speed of updates. On my servers I prefer to build important stuff from source so I can do my own updates instead of waiting for new binaries. A Gentoo-based server can be updated from source simply by running a single command-line... -- Aj. Sys. Admin / Developer -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
