Re: EZNEC and Linux

Roy Lewallen wrote:

Thanks for the info. Since there's apparently no version control or "standard" version of Linux or wine, I guess it's not really appropriate to claim that "EZNEC runs on Linux using wine". My statement was based on a single report, from someone using wine 0.9.2 with linux kernel 2.4.20-42.9. But even no two Windows installations are the same, so I'm sure this is true for Linux also.

Good clue there Roy. The -42.9 would probably indicate that it is Redhat or Redhat clone. I don't think anyone else uses that extended kernel numbering format. The official kernels are almost always x.y.z, with the rare special minor fix as x.y.z.a. The 42.9 signifies the Redhat patch set applied, which often has nothing to do with official releases, or sometimes it upgrades one kernel partially or completely to another, unspecified, kernel. Redhat kernels are very confusing, misleading, and have there own special bugs. This 2.4.20-42.9 may actually mostly be 2.4.27, 7 versions newer. But you'll never know.

The "standard" in Linux is actually the kernel itself. The distributions are the packages that surround the kernel. This includes the desktop and all the other software that comes with the distribution you install. Kind of like the VW bug engine and chassis and tons of parts kits available. Except Redhat insists on changing random parts on the engine, boring a 1600 out to 1950, and still calling it a 1.6 liter.

Before I am attacked, I am NOT running down Redhat here. I use Fedora Core 6 at work, and am quite happy with it. As a desktop. As a server platform however, their silly kernel numbering system often makes it very hard to know how their kernel features map to the Linux standard kernels. And when I need to be sure a piece of hardware such as a particular SATA controller or SCSI RAID is supported, I am forced to build a new kernel from scratch from a standard kernel source release. Not hard, just a pain that would be alleviated by Redhat sticking to the rules the rest of the distros (most) stick to.

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