Any Linux Fans Here?

[trekiej]

I am getting back into Linux.  I have been reading on RHEL 4.  
What are your views of Linux?
Rick.

[TheMagicM]

I've been using suse since version 8 and using linux since 92... works great.. linux rocks.

[bburgy]

I've been using Linux for years. I've tried Slackware, Red Hat (and then Fedora Core), Mandrake, Debian, Mepis, Knoppix... the list goes on. I've finally settled on Kubuntu -- I really enjoy it.

Yeah, Linux is worth it. 100% free, and quite sturdy.

[Rabbi]

Well, I've d/led the Amiga versions of Debian & NetBSD versions of Linux.  Does anyone have any experience installing either of them on an A1200?  I'm planning on installing 1 of them about a month from now since I've got so much on my plate right now.

I think I read somewhere that there's an unofficial version of RedHat for the Amiga.  Does anyone know if this is true, and if it is, where can I get it?

Are there any other versions of Linux for the Amiga?

[countzero]

Linux is the way. Although I still have the winblows installed because of the superior WINUae. I recommend any Ubuntu flavor, it has a perfect online packet manager and very user friendly. My personal preference is the Xubuntu because it's lightweight.

[countzero]

You need at least a 68030 cpu to install linux on your A1200 (it needs the MMU). AFAIK, the most up-to-date 68k port of linux is the debian one, although it's future seems uncertain at the moment.

[Rabbi]

countzero wrote:
You need at least a 68030 cpu to install linux on your A1200 (it needs the MMU). AFAIK, the most up-to-date 68k port of linux is the debian one, although it's future seems uncertain at the moment.

I've got a P5 Blizzard 1260.

Now why would Debian's future be uncertain?  I'm clueless. :-?

[trekiej]

I like Redhat.  It sometimes has a tough time installing but runs well.  

I got into Linux in 96.  I had to have a stack of disks and a copy of rawrite.  It was not long someone made a bootable cd.  hurray!

I use RedHat FC4 on a Dell Poweredge 1300.  It installs the smp Kernel and runs good.  I wish I had some more memory.  I think Linux is racing Vizsta for the Bloat Ware Award.

I hate dependencies. :angry:
I need to draw the Tux Penguin with diapers on.
Later.

[trekiej]

Software Hut has two listings.

[countzero]

There's a discussion going on in the 68k debian mailing list for future directions. I didn't read it fully, but it seems there's disaggreement between the developers as to which way to take. Some options include, providing coldfire support, staying pure m68, supporting emulation (aranym ?) and stuff like that. Also, debian management doesn't seem to like the fact that 68k port can't keep up with the x86 releases (which is pretty normal I think). I hope they don't stop supporting the m68k.

[trekiej]

Does anyone have any insight on the directory structure of Linux or could point me to a source?
I understand that it comes from System V.

I hope the 68K version stays around.

[Piru]

I hate dependencies.

That's why you use something else than RedHat. RedHat is notoriously bad in package management.

[Piru]

Does anyone have any insight on the directory structure of Linux or could point me to a source?

There is no fixed standard, each distribution has it's own (and no the kernel doesn't have any directory structure either). However, related distributions have very similar structure, say all the debian based distros. some common features are pretty standard, such as /usr /lib /var /etc /home. How files are distributed in these dirs is completely another topic and distros do differ.

There have been some attempts to standardize the structure, but they haven't been very successful. LSB is probably the best attempt so far, but it isn't perfect either.

[LP]

I've been running Gentoo a couple of years.. now I'm on Kubuntu... Great ubuntu based distro...

Dependencies have never gotten me mad

Here's the (k)ubuntu structure from the root /:

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bin
boot
dev
etc
home
initrd
lib
media
mnt
opt
proc
root
sbin
srv
sys
tmp
usr
var


most notably imho are the "media" directory

[Piru]

now I'm on Kubuntu... Great ubuntu based distro.

...which in turn is Debian based. A Good Thing (TM)

Dependencies have never gotten me mad

APT rulez ;-)