Re: the best Linux for me

From: Christian Lynbech (christian_at_defun.dk)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 22:27:12 +0100

>>>>> "Trent" == Trent Buck <geragohpx@tznvy.pbz> writes:

Trent> Vendors like vmware and citrix still build for it? I tried to make a
Trent> vmware private beta go on my Debian/unstable box last week -- it was a
Trent> bloody nightmare (kernel too old, gcc too new, /bin/sh wasn't bash...).

I do not know about vmware, but the citrix clients i have tried out
works fine with Debian (not that I needed to build anything).

I have also had successesfully built the IBM Rational Clearcase 6.0
client on a Debian system against a 2.4 kernel. However, the recent
patch allowing the client to run against a 2.6 kernel is extremely
dependent on a very specific SuSE kernel (whose slew of patches I gave
up trying to baclport to the Debian kernel).

So your mileage may vary, but I have so far seen few problems with
mature add-on commercial software.

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