Re: Website Confusion
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Tue, 10 Jul 2001 15:14:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Website Confusion | ||
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It means we do not distribute Linux binaries. If you want binaries, go to
wherever you get your other Linux binaries from. ie. your Linux
distribution download area. ftp.redhat.com for example.
-Rasmus
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Michael Bethany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Your websites says, "If you are looking for UNIX/Linux binaries, please go to your
> distributions package center." What does that mean? I've checked my pockets, my car, my
> house, and I even looked behind the dryer; I found some old socks, but I didn't find a
> "distributions package center."
>
> Do you mean I should look some where else on your site, or some other site? You need to be more
> specific. Here's an idea, they have these things called "Hyper-Links," maybe you
> could use one of those to point people in the right direction. I know that sounds ground breaking,
> maybe a little outrageous, but it just might work.
>
> If you couldn't tell, I'm new to Linux and have been tasked with learning the OS.
> Maybe "distributions package center" is as common a phrase to Linux users as "Service
> Pack" is to NT users, but to the neophyte (a.k.a. "Me") it makes no sense.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
>
>
> Mike Bethany
> Systems Analyst
> Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority
> ph. 407-316-3885
>
>