[olug] linux web server management ?

[Don Kauffman]

<my2cemts>
I second the disagreement. as I've tried to install several things from 
rpms. Sometimes they work sometimes it doesn't and it's hell trying to 
figure out why.   For example, I tried to install  SpamAssassin and 
still haven't gotten it working. When I tried to install the latest 
version of Gnome it was an absolute piece of cake.
</my2cemts>

Don
bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:

>I agree with the disagreement here.
>
>Installing a "non-stock" program on any given distro can range from "piece
>of cake" to "impossible".
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>For myself I would like to see Linux get somewhat close to DOS/Windows in
>how programs are installed.  That is there is a standard
>executable/binary/script name that you run, and the damn thing installs
>itself.
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>I don't get  a charge out of running "Make", it's just tedious.  RPM hell
>is well documented and even more tedious.  Apt sounds cool, but from what
>I've heard Debian is pretty much for hard-core geeks. (When JR has problems
>installing it I know I don't even want to bother.)
>
>Don't get me wrong, I like Linux, and it's my leading candidate to replace
>Windows, but doing some every-day tasks on it is insanely complicated.
>
>That being said, my OpenOffice installation went pretty much flawlessly, so
>I have hope.
>
>Bill
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>Jonathan Warren said:
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>>>With linux it is easy to install software.
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>>No, I'd have to disagree.
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>>> You just need to copy the
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