Because of the popularity of Red Hat Linux systems, lots of software repositories and third-party
software management tools have been created to further automate and simplify handling software
in Red Hat systems. Tools such as yum (www.linux.duke.edu/projects/yum) and apt4rpm
(http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net) are available for updating selected software.
As noted earlier, the yum facility forms the foundation for installing RPM packages in Fedora and
RHEL. For several reasons, yum is usually preferred over the rpm command. First, it can be used
to install from network repositories. Second, it can find and install dependent packages needed by
the packages you request. And last, it is preferred because there are related tools for searching and
managing repositories. Yum can also be used to install software from local media and, unlike RPM,
resolve dependencies automatically.
Kudzu Hardware Detection
Early Linux systems required that someone installing Linux know a lot about their hardware and
the Linux drivers needed for that hardware to work. The kudzu feature was created by Red Hat to
detect and configure a lot of computer hardware automatically. This feature is a great boost to
those who don??™t want to worry about finding and selecting the drivers needed for their computer
hardware.
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