This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C3DC16.FFE82120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My tale of woe, leading to a request for suggestions: I have a Redhat = 7.2 box I use for PHP/MySQL development, and was thinking it would be = nice to upgrade so I could take advantage of those nice fonts I hear = about in the newer versions, for the occasional times I use the GUI. I = guess a good place to start would be the kernel, since other stuff sort = of grows out of that. (I'd rather not start from scratch with a new = boxed set because I already have a bunch of stuff configured the way I = want, and this seems like a good opportunity to learn.) So I find what = looks to be the latest stable kernel (2.6.1?), download, unzip etc. In = the README I find a long list of version dependencies (gotta have = bin-utils-x.y.z or you're screwed, etc.) After a couple of builds on = those I get a GCC error (a real problem with GCC, not a compile error.) = I'm using the GCC version called for in the build instructions. So then = I indulge in a little profanity and throw some things around the room. = Next step: consult a guru or two. So... any suggestions? Chasing a = greased pig is not my idea of fun. PS- I've heard a lot about consumer Linux-desktop ambitions, but if that = is ever going to happen I think this morass of version-dependence has to = be controlled a little better, and you can't require users to start from = scratch every time they upgrade. Linux against Windows is like a = Martin-Luther King rally against the Luftwafe. -- Phil Mattison Ohmikron Corp. 480-722-9595 ext.1 602-820-9452 Mobile ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C3DC16.FFE82120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My tale of woe, leading to a request = for=20 suggestions: I have a Redhat 7.2 box I use for PHP/MySQL development, = and was=20 thinking it would be nice to upgrade so I could take advantage of those = nice=20 fonts I hear about in the newer versions, for the occasional times I use = the=20 GUI. I guess a good place to start would be the kernel, since other = stuff sort=20 of grows out of that. (I'd rather not start from scratch with a new = boxed set=20 because I already have a bunch of stuff configured the way I want, and = this=20 seems like a good opportunity to learn.) So I find what looks to be the = latest=20 stable kernel (2.6.1?), download, unzip etc. In the README I find a long = list of=20 version dependencies (gotta have bin-utils-x.y.z or you're screwed, = etc.) After=20 a couple of builds on those I get a GCC error (a real problem with GCC, = not a=20 compile error.) I'm using the GCC version called for in the build = instructions.=20 So then I indulge in a little profanity and throw some things around the = room.=20 Next step: consult a guru or two. So... any suggestions? Chasing a = greased pig=20 is not my idea of fun.
 
PS- I've heard a lot about consumer = Linux-desktop=20 ambitions, but if that is ever going to happen I think this morass of=20 version-dependence has to be controlled a little better, and you can't = require=20 users to start from scratch every time they upgrade. Linux against = Windows is=20 like a Martin-Luther King rally against the Luftwafe.
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Phil Mattison
Ohmikron=20 Corp.
480-722-9595 ext.1
602-820-9452 = Mobile
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