[SWLUG] Linux Distros and/or FreeBSD

[Steve Anderson]

On 16/05/07, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:

> apt-rpm existed back in the rh8 and rh9 days, apt being just a frontend
> anyway someone ported it to use rpm as its backend, the likes of
> freshrpms.net had apt enabled repos.

This is true, but I preferred the centralised distro-run repository of
Debian and Ubuntu rather than it being a 3rd party site's repository.
Also I had a problem where I'd got an RPM from one place and then
inadvertently got a completely different build from somewhere else and
descended into the third circle of dependency hell. (I doubt this
would happen now, seeing as this was my first drink from the Linux cup
at home.) I can't remember what it was but I think it was probably
MPlayer or something like that.

There's no disrespect to RH9 and FCx - without it I wouldn't be here -
but I found Debian's package management more appealing, which is why
I've stuck with it over the years.

Steve

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