trying to install a module

[Jonathan Hutchins]

Quoting Steven Elling <ellings at kcnet.com>:

> It is unfortunate that Redhat has made it to where TLDP (www.tldp.org) can't
> be used for their distribution of Linux.  In my opinion, Redhat being the 
> way they are also makes Linux as a whole look bad to the new, potential and 
> non-technical users.  Of course, I haven't used Redhat since 5.1 so I 
> observe what others say about Redhat and what problems they have.

Whatever color your hat may be, Steve, you're talkin' through it.

I've used RedHat since around release 2, and almost EVERYTHING that I've done 
successfully I've done using HOWTO's that have become part of TLDP.  One of 
the reasons I use TLDP is that most of the HOWTO's there are either oriented 
toward RedHat systems or include specific instructions regarding RedHat.  Most 
of the current HOWTO's include specific info, where necessary, about Mandrake.

Documentation at other sites (the ones that begin "start by recompiling the 
kernel to accept keyboard input") have been real nightmares, but TLDP has been 
consistently RedHat friendly.

Thankfully, most of the TLDP HOWTO's do NOT tell you how to configure 
something with some GUI util - I've had many frustrations with RedHat and 
Mandrake documentation that only used the GUI tools.  That's a real pain when 
one of the things you don't have working is the GUI!

One of my favorite HOWTO's even includes multiple releases of RedHat - I know 
it goes back to 6.2, it might go back to 5.1!  

So really, tell us something you know about, not something that's clearly 
outside your realm of experience.  You tried 5.1, it didn't do what you 
wanted, you ditched it for something else and never went back.  Obviously 
you're not the guy to ask about RedHat systems!

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