Agree.
Although I have only sparing experience with any non-RH distro, I haven't used rpm (except for commercial s/w that doesn't offer a choice - like IBM DB2 UDB fer instance) in a long time. I do an install with as little as possible and build everything I need from source whenever possible. Works much better for me.
bcnu,
Mikem
It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell