> On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 at 1:06pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote > > > I think the biggest gripe about YUM is the lack of a > > standard GUI, and > > YumEx has had compatibility issues in the past with newer > > YUM versions. > > SmartPM focuses on solving cross-repository issues and comes with a > > GUI as standard. > > > > All-in-all, use the tool that is supported by the distro. > > That is YUM. > > No, there is no GUI for it that is supported officially, > > hence some of > > the complaints. But I'm keeping my eye on SmartPM for the future. > > I have yet to see any advantage to a GUI package manager. > But, then again, that's just me. Copy that. Altough, I must say, that Linux-On-The-Desktop-Users _need_ some GUI, usually... Best, Oliver