[clue-talk] Fwd: I learned something new today about another branding of Linux

[David L. Willson]

Y'all,

Here's a fun question:  Anyone have an idea how to compare the number of packages available "by default" to different distros?  I've heard that there are more than 20K for Ubuntu, and the sales manager at Parsec says 25k for Debian...  Anyone know where to find a list, or how to make one, or the numbers for other distro's?

David L. Willson
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
MCT, MCSE, Linux+
tel://720.333.LANS

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "David L. Willson" <dwillson at parsec.com>
To: "Dawn Rubin (Parsec)" <drubin at parsec.com>, "David L. Willson (the geek)" <dlwillson at thegeek.nu>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 5:05:19 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: RE: I learned something new today about another branding of Linux

I think Ubuntu has the record for available packages, but I'm not sure... 

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David L. Willson 
720-333-LANS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dawn Rubin (Parsec) 
Sent: Fri 2009-05-29 14:44 
To: David L. Willson 
Subject: I learned something new today about another branding of Linux 

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 25113 packages < http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > , precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. 

Dawn Rubin 
Sales & Marketing Director 
PARSEC Group