[Gllug] Fedora 6 out at 14:00

[Peter Cannon]

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 11:48, Pete Ryland wrote:

> The difference isn't so much yum vs apt IMO, but instead it's deb vs rpm,
> and I'm not even talking about the file formats.  Deb packages have a very
> strict policy before being blessed by the distro, including that the
> software must not deviate even the slightest bit from the FHS (even if that
> means having to rework the whole package), and upon installation the
> software must be fully configured and up and running.  Whether that's a
> good thing or a bad thing is a matter of taste, but for trialling software
> or setting stuff up quickly, it can be such a time saver.

Oh God yes, IMO nearly all 'package managers?' are pretty much the same Yast, 
Yum, Apt etc, I guessed what was being said was really about .deb over rpm.

Debian is very nice but I know too little about it to use it regularly I've 
used RH for donkey yonks so tend to stick with the old faithful jumper. :)

Anyway theres less typing with rpm

dpkg  = 4 letters
rpm = 3 letters

:D

Sorry couldn't resist.

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