Re: Why not distribute Kernel and all related tools together

HUGHESJEH@gvltec.edu
Wed, 15 May 1996 23:23:44 -0400 (EDT)


On the subject of including tools with kernel distributions...

>> Net-tools
>> Proc-tools
>> Smbmount
>> And whatewer, there are quite a few of those.
>>
>> I think that it would clear many things if these tools were all
>> together in same package like kernel is in one package.
>
>I believe its called "Redhat" or "slackware"

Maby the distribution disks could contain an incrimental upgrade script
that would leave the users system intact and just add the neccessary libs,
etc. to run 2.0+ kernels?

James Hughes
Engineering Technologies Div.
Greenville Tech. College