[CLUE-Tech] distro question

[Greg Knaddison]

I'm top posting because I just don't get it. (though I did snip the
reply text down to what I felt was relevant).

I use yum to keep my Fedora systems up to date and install new
packages.  Sure I had to add in some new repositories to point yum in
the right directions, but it wasn't that tough.  Certainly no tougher
than having to stop use my machine while things compile.....Yum takes
care of dependancies.  It runs and then it finishes and things are
installed correctly.  No running, building, installing waste prior to
things working.

And like so much gas on the coals of a distrodebate...
Greg

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:15:42 -0600, Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Jun 10, 2004, at 7:41 PM, Adam Bultman wrote:
> > 2.  Dependencies are solved automagically.
> 
> I also question this one: I haven't seen any package-based distros not
> have this either?  What do you mean?
> 
> > 3. I don't have to surf the net to get new packages.
> 
> This one I understand in the RPM world, but I don't "get" when talking
> about Debian and maybe SuSE.  They both have incredible amounts of
> 
> > 4. It doesn't have problems like RPM and APT have (and yes, I know how
> > to use both).
> 
> 
> > 5.  HArd to install programs (gnucash, mplayer, xine) work fine and
> > install easy.
> 
> Hmm... I'm just not sure I have enough thought power tonight I tackle
> the opposite side of that one... too tired.  :-)
> 
> > I'm a lazy person. To get what I want in fedora, Red Hat, slackware,
> > debian, I have to go through this huge process at install.  It takes
> > me several hours of annoying tweaking and installing to get those
> > systems running, only to find I forgot some stuff and have to get it.
> 
> 
> With Fedora I would definitely agree with you - it drives me insane
> setting up a Fedora/RedHat desktop system.  But I'm not sure I agree
> with Debian being any time-line different than Gentoo in the initial
> setup stages...???
>