On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:58:39AM -0500, Abdul Latip wrote: > Hello: > > Once in a while, users are asking me about the compatibilty problem of > Linux. They reasoning that M$Office can be installed anywhere like > Win98, WinME, WinNT, et. al. Whereas it is hard to install a > RedHat package into Debian, and so on. > > AFAIK, CMIIW, this is related with the compiler version, the glibc > version, the kernel version, and the kernel configuration and > modules. May I know what exactly the Linux compability problem > is ? I.E.: It seems they are not so backward compatible? ...
Sure you can install Windoze anywhwere. Anywhere you happen to be carrying the CD or can access the Inet to DL some demo SW to test before you buy (though there certainly is freeware out there--check out Cygwin, etc.). Only thing you'll find is the inability of Windows to do much ouside of the x86-style computers. There is no difference for the Linux dists, though. Sites are out there, and you can carry CD's. I go to Debian sites. Someone else goes to RH, etc. Linux works on far, far, far more platforms, including much older ones with older HW. Seems like an end-of-line, er... discussion, point. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
