I am so aggravated that almost ALL the software I want to try out will only work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or SUSE Enterprise Linux. I've tried installing some on other distros but they do not work. Some software even checks which version of the distro you are using and won't let you install if it's not the right one. I wonder if this is because they depend on specific libraries being installed, in specific locations? There's a free CentOS distro which is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, but even that won't work for some of the software I want.
I want some of this software so much that I might be willing to shell out $350 US for RHEL. Before I do that I need to investigate my other options. So far there doesn't seem to be many other good options. The stuff I want needs RHEL.
Working from his home office in Toronto,
Ryan de Laplante can be found developing software in
Java by day, and obsessing with technology by night.
Ryan has been designing and writing software for
IJW since 1998 and is very passionate about his work.
