I find myself finally having to embrace that OS which is fast becoming the Microsoft of the linux world - Redhat. Coming from a FreeBSD background, I trust it won't be too much of a culture shock but have one question in particular : On FreeBSD, we have 'packages' and 'ports' which make installation of software quite easy. I notice that linux has its RPM's which are even more extensive - going down to the Zope product level in some cases. However, despite having these handy packages on FreeBSD, I've personally found it better to compile everything from src and ignore the packages/ports ... for example, I often need to recompile Python to include the MySQLmodule... but generally, sooner or later I need something adding or patching that was not in the package/port. So, my question is : If you were installing Python 1.5.2, Zope 2.1.1 and all the products/adapters to work with Postgres, MySQL, Oracle on Redhat 6.0, would you use the RPMs or go with src ? I know it may sound like a pedantic question - and that it perhaps shouldn't matter which you use - but from recent posts, it appears that sometimes RPMs work much better than src and sometimes they don't. And I'm just hoping I can avoid a few frustrating hours, Apologies if this question should be filed under "clueless". chas