When I first started playing with Linux (RedHat Distribution -- Version 5.2 Deluxe), it was a present from a father's friend in Boston. As I recall that is the only version of RedHat I ever got to work correctly without any major problems (like "Kernel Segmentation Error" or something to that effect).
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3. Standard installation. Why does every distro have it's own directory structure? Does an email program really need the latest GCC? When I want to install a program, I want it to be as "simple" as Windows.
That's what YOU think / want. If a Linux distribution was to not include GCC in the base install, I'd have a lot of second thoughts about trying it.
Yes, I know RedHat doesn't install GCC by default.
No, I don't use RedHat.
3. Standard installation. Why does every distro have it's own directory structure? Does an email program really need the latest GCC? When I want to install a program, I want it to be as "simple" as Windows.
That's what YOU think / want. If a Linux distribution was to not include GCC in the base install, I'd have a lot of second thoughts about trying it.
Yes, I know RedHat doesn't install GCC by default.
No, I don't use RedHat.