Re: OT: Linux or Windows? (was: Re: Semi-OT: Unicode keyboard)

On Sun, 2004-08-08 at 21:52, Carsten Becker wrote:
> Haha! Now I ...
>
>   * can export my Outlook data to Evolution (with Outport)
>   * can run Photoshop and ImageReady 7 successfully (with Wine)
>   * can run GoLive 5 from the Windows installation (with Wine)
>     (I couldn't get it installed on Linux :( )
>   * can split MIME Digest files (with PHP), some automatism is still
>     missing, though.
>
> So (almost) no reason anymore to use Windows.
What, not even gaming? (Not that I play games other than solitaire &
sim.)

> Still, I seem to be too
> stupid to compile tar archives :(
If
 $ tar xzvf filename.tar.gz
 $ cd filename
 $ vim INSTALL #if this doesn't contradict the following, then:
 $ ./configure && make && sudo make install
isn't working properly, chances are you didn't install devel-packages.
Most binary distributions like Red Hat and SuSE I believe leave out some
necessary files if you're trying to compile stuff. The simplest way to
fix this should be to install as much development stuff as you possibly
can. My understanding is that user-friendly distributions try to make
compiling software gratuitously difficult. I don't know why.

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Tristan Mc Leay <kesuari@...>