Yup, apt is not bad, I have it on my CentOS server, Its there on Fedora. What I really like is "smart", works much the same as apt, but supports .deb .rpm supports ftp, http, local filesystem, removable media. Will do downgrades if needed (prompting you of course) to meet dependencies, will ignore broken dependencies in a repo and install what if can sanely. But... for this dislexic fool, the best feature is the spell check! If I type "smart install f-00" if will say: f-00 not found. list of possible matches: foo f00 f0o fo0 not exact text, but you get the idea. Anyways... flown right royally off topic now.... Michael Hansel Dunlop wrote: > Thanks Ross > > That's basically what I was trying to get across. > > I really wasn't trying to proselytize for one distro over another. If > anything what I really love is apt-get. I could wax lyrical about it for > hours. It's such a clever piece of software and is what makes linux such > an > unique experience for me. I have this whimsical vision that one morning I > will walk into my office and find that the PC has apt-get upgrade[d] > itself > into sentience: "I'm sorry Hansel, I can't do that". > > Cheers > > Hansel > > On 9/28/06, Rossco <rosscoad at slingshot.co.nz> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> <snip> >> > >> > I agree with the other posters: recommending that someone change >> > distributions is almost never the constructive way to move forward. >> > >> I don't think you (and the other posters) are being entirely fair to >> Hansel here. As I read it Hansel asked why people who are new to Linux >> do not use Ubuntu. He suggested, not recommended, using Ubuntu as >> it's upgrade facilities are simpler which in this particular case I >> believe to be a fair comment. >> >> At the end of the day different distros are suited to different tasks >> and different skill sets and I don't think anyone here would argue >> Hansel's point about Ubuntu/Debian seamless upgrading. I think as >> more end-user types are starting to take up Linux there will be more >> of this type of problem and in many cases both the enduser and the >> support person will be not only much better off but also have a much >> more pleasant Linux experience using say Ubuntu rather than for >> example Gentoo which their previous next door neighbour installed for >> him before moving to another house elsewhere. I have seen many cases >> where people have been put off using Linux (often permanently) due to >> having a distro which was obviously not suitable for them installed by >> an exponent of that particular distro. IMHO Linux people need to learn >> to put their own preferences aside when asked for recommendation of a >> distro and focus instead on the skills and needs of the person asking >> for advice. >> >> Ross. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iD8DBQFFGyNgoiShyIGWgi8RArLEAJ0VZLT33dLYwsqo7tHly0cRKD1VpgCg3eEa >> SLwCK2mZkpwCjT4q0tyyEJo= >> =7q3t >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AuckLUG mailing list >> AuckLUG at linux.net.nz >> http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >> > _______________________________________________ > AuckLUG mailing list > AuckLUG at linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aucklug >
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