Re: Linux distributions

[Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:50:35PM -0500, dashielljt wrote:
> I'm going to talk in terms of redhat since that's what I had used
> previously and also in terms of slackware since that's what I use now.
> redhat had wvdial included along with a support package for finding dial
> up modems.  Slackware has minicom but no additional package built in for
> this purpose.  It's true one can download and install ezsetup but again

wvdial is a nice program, but all it does behind the scenes is replace
chat with a better redialing system, and call pppd just like any other
ppp connection.

> that wvdial will work on slackware if properly installed since I didn't
> get that done.  On the other hand, ethernet is set up by the same program
> on slackware and redhat and I suspect other linux versions; ifconfig.
> That's because ifconfig has become a standard of sorts.  Standards get
> there when things get built into the genes of operating systems.  When

This is apples and oranges, wvdial is just a user-friendly dialer. pppd
is what goes on behind the scenes and that is not only standardized,
it's built-in to the Linux kernel.
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