On Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 05:02:04PM -0800, Lawrence Walton wrote: > I am not sure that's always true; try looking at addgroup in redhat and > addgroup in debian. Or the different choices UID's, or file placement. > Enough that I rather dislike distro hopping. > > /Blatant Debian plug/ > Also I almost alway agree with Debian's file placement.
That's because we comply with the File System Standard, which is a sensible document. I thought Red Hat used it too. The biggest differences between Unix platforms is to the programmer. You should think of Linux as Unix -- when people claim "Linux is not Unix", it's because (a) Linux was written from scratch and not based on the Unix source code, and (b) they're snobs. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
