What EXACTLY is the difference betwen Mandrake and Redhat?

[kaishiden]

I've tried both and other than the first installation, i have noticied no differnece whatsoever except when going into root. The only thing i notice different is that in RH, i have to do su -, to get a lot of cmmands while Mandrake just su. Are there any other differences than teh instalation and instlaled packages or what?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Mandrake was originally based on RedHat. So it makes sense that it seems similar. If you want to know EXACT differences, use the source luke.

 

[GuruMogens]

Well... They are both great distro's to begin with, but thats all. I would recomend you to begin with Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org). It's the only Linux distro not deveoped by a com. corp.

/Rune

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Well... They are both great distro's to begin with, but thats all. I would recomend you to begin with Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org). It's the only Linux distro not deveoped by a com. corp.

/Rune >>



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stampede
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There are plenty of other non-.com Linux distros, not that it should matter at all.

 

[RMXO]

RH is more towards servers & ML is more towards desktops. Both are based on the RPM packaging system. if you are a new to linux, then i would suggest you try out ML since its way easier to learn.

www.madrakeuser.org is the ML user community. great site for help questions & info.

 

[Strych9]

<< www.madrakeuser.org is the ML user community. >>

Correct link.