Grey$cale Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi there, Is there a big difference between RedHat Linux and Mandrake Linux? I mean will i beable to run programs that say for RedHat on Mandrake? and why does RedHat cost like $107 in stores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2004 Hi there, Is there a big difference between RedHat Linux and Mandrake Linux? I mean will i beable to run programs that say for RedHat on Mandrake? and why does RedHat cost like $107 in stores? Of all the Linux distros those two are very similar. Both are RPM based. All Linux distros should run the same software but you may need to may need to compile some from source unless your distro comes with an integrated package management system. You can get apt4rpm to solve some of these problems with Mandrake and Red Hat. Why does RedHat cost like $107 in stores. Some people buy it. Myself, I prefer Debian. Nobody owns it. It's totally free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey$cale Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 Alright, so let me get this straight, if i download the 3 cd's of Red Hat from the internet (from there site ofcourse), it's no different then the one in the stores that cost like $107.00 And does Debian support the installations of rpm's cuz i am planning on using this linux partition as a designs thing for 3d and shake and stuff =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 CD's will be the same, but you wont get the online support and manuals from the box set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey$cale Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 Oh Ok. Is there a site that has Video Tutorials on Linux from basic to advance so i can just watch them and learn it really quicktly or is there anywhere i can buy videos from? Like i checked www.vtc.com but for some reason they don't seem to have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2004 Alright, so let me get this straight, if i download the 3 cd's of Red Hat from the internet (from there site ofcourse), it's no different then the one in the stores that cost like $107.00And does Debian support the installations of rpm's cuz i am planning on using this linux partition as a designs thing for 3d and shake and stuff =) RPMs are lame. Debian uses APT-GET (you can use a GUI frontend too) to install new applications. It's rediculously easy and unlike RPM it handles all the dependencies automatically. I used the Knoppix CD to install Debian to my hard drive. You only need to download one . ISO file (which has a LOT of stuff) and you can even preview it off the CD-ROM to test the hardware autodetection. The is a HD install script to set it up properly. The great thing about Debian is that even if you use an old installation disk you can APT-GET yourself all of the latest goodies and bring you system up to snuff without ever having to reinstall the OS. In theory I can upgrade my kernal to 2.6.1 but I haven't tried this yet. RedHat users are always upgrade by installing version 9 overtop of version 8, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey$cale Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 Alright, that's really cool that you can actually use a GUI to install applications and such but see my problem is that BOTH MAYA 5 and SHAKE 3.01 is a RMP. How will i beable to install that if i get Debian?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2004 Alright, that's really cool that you can actually use a GUI to install applications and such but see my problem is that BOTH MAYA 5 and SHAKE 3.01 is a RMP. How will i beable to install that if i get Debian?? Both of those items are RedHat specific. And only with rather old versions of RedHat too. Shake is only supported on RedHat Linux v7.2 and Maya is only supported on RedHat Linux 7.3 or 8.0. Therefore you really can't install them on the same system and expect them to be supported properly. Don't expect much in the way of upgrades as it doesn't seem like they're very committed to Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey$cale Posted February 9, 2004 Author Share Posted February 9, 2004 actually, my friend installed Shake on Mandrake 9.2 and it worked alright i guess, i was trying to isntall shake and Maya on Lindows since i tought they wre both kinda the same but they are totally diff, LINDOWS SUCKS ASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted February 9, 2004 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2004 actually, my friend installed Shake on Mandrake 9.2 and it worked alright i guess, i was trying to isntall shake and Maya on Lindows since i tought they wre both kinda the same but they are totally diff, LINDOWS SUCKS ASS! On the rather large assumption that you paid the thousands of dollars that this software costs, if you were to phone Apple and complain about something then they would be quick to point out that the software is only supported on RedHat 7.2 That doesn't mean that it's the only platform that it will work on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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