156 Linux for IBM ^ zSeries and S/390: Distributions
10.3 How Red Hat Linux differs
When selecting software to include on their distributions, Red Hat tends to be
more “bleeding edge” than others. For example, Red Hat’s Linux beta software
includes a default kernel at the 2.2.19 level, and glibc 2.2, while others are
sticking with what IBM is still calling the “GA” versions of 2.2.16, and 2.1.3. From
our experience, this may cause problems when trying to install other software,
such as IBM’s DB2.
Red Hat provides only a very rudimentary administration tool named
setup.
Linuxconf (an open software tool) is the software package that Red Hat
recommends for this task.
Red Hat has provided the means to put a lot of installation/setup information in ...