Mainstream . . . (LONG)

[Jason D. Runyan Lists Account]

In the most recent versions of Red Hat and it's derivatives, when you are in
X (which is the default) a disk with rpms or a specific directory structure
will launch the RPM manager automatically.  All you have to do is pick the
software and click install.  It is getting very close on the install front.
Just as long us geeks can still hack at source code, even if the rest of the
world dislikes compilers, linkers, and loaders.

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Jason D. Runyan
NITC USDA Contractor
Systems Administrator

>Yes, RPM's
> might help here and there, but I can work a command prompt just like
anyone
> else, but when your coming off of a "stick a disk in and it works"
> mentality, it's hard to adapt to all the questions posed by Linux.   The
> things I've read all assume that people know what they're doing and why
> they're doing it.