Article:		Is Linux Annoying?
Subject:		Just stick with debian and apt
Date:		2003-09-16 00:46:33
From:		anonymous2
You'll never regret it, and as long you are ok with 6 cds of packages you can forget every dependency problem. Let's say you want to install package xyz which requires libx liby and libz, well apt just fetches those, installs them, and then installs xyz. It'a as easy as to type: apt-get install xyz I know up2date offers similar services, but I prefer to use apt-for-rpm if i'm forced on a redhat system ... my 2cents

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• Just stick with debian and apt - from Arunabh Das
  2003-09-16 23:20:51  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  very true - Debian's apt-get is the most trouble free and hassle free package management in the whole world. Debian really rulez!!

• Try apt for rpm
  2003-09-16 08:20:21  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  apt has been ported to work with rpm packages. It can be downloaded from
  http://freshrpms.net/apt/
  and from
  http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/installapt.html
  
  It's well worth mastering how to configure it.
  
  Anonymous George.

• Just stick with debian and apt
  2003-09-16 08:02:47  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  precisely. It's hardly a linux annoyance if you redhat guys can't choose a decent packaging system :)
• Just stick with debian and apt
  2003-09-16 08:26:32  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  Oh really? I'm a debian man myself, and I think you're full of it. Sure, the official debian repositories are great--if you can stick with them and only them. Ever try to get decent 3D gaming working on debian with, say, a Radeon 8500? Now THAT'S annoying.
• Just stick with debian and apt
  2003-09-16 09:25:18  anonymous2 [Reply | View]
  
  
  >>Ever try to get decent 3D gaming working on debian with, say, a Radeon 8500? Now THAT'S annoying.<<
  
  No, but i have with a Geforce 4400 and it worked fine after no time.