Exactly why I prefer Debian
Bill Warner
> Well guys,
> I am having a problem with Mesa and the other libs
> associated with this. a lot of them demand glibc-2.2.x
> but redhat doesn't have that version.
>
> When I try to upgrade to that version from rufus.w3.org
> I suddenly get a lot of failed dependencies with other
> more important system tools (like pam, perl, xauth, and others).
>
> I really wish redhat would either get with the program, or
> makle a standard that everyone can live with!
>
> 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...
> >
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