I prefer finding packages in .tar.gz format... I never have had much luck opening those pesky RPM things, and while I know there is a tool to do so out there somewhere, its been easier to find non RPM versions than to wonder what else RPM will do while installing into my system. I prefer manual installation over anything else (obviously, LOL) Bill Warner wrote: > Exactly why I prefer Debian > > Jason wrote: > > > Oh, I'm pretty familiar with gathering up libraries and such.. this > > > system WAS a slackware 3.1 install at some point, back in the day... > > > but most stuff using the OpenGL libraries doesnt also include > > > directions with "Go here for drivers", etc.. also, when I looked into > > > OpenGL, there was a lot of obfuscation about each different piece of > > > hardware having its own website with drivers, etc ... maybe its > > > licensing that keeps people from making a package out of it, I > > > dunno... -- jkenner@mindspring.com __ I Support Linux: _> _ _ |_ _ _ _| Working Together To <__(_||_)| )| `(_|(_)(_| To Build A Better Future. |