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On 9/10/05, Edward Diener <eddielee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Todd Cary wrote:
> > I have seen messages posted on the Fedora oriented forums that imply
> > that "yum" is antiquated. Not being a Linux guru, I do not have the
> > experience to make a thorough evaluation, but so far it has been just
> > great.
>
> Unlike Linux gurus, for whom the rest of the user world is like themselves,
> there are a great many users who like ease of use and graphical applications and
> yum is strictly command line. I know yumex exists but it does not come
> automatically installed when one installs CentOS ( nor does Synaptic for that
> matter ). So perhaps yum would be more popular if yumex, or whatever is the
> popular GUI front end for yum now, were also installed, and added to the menu
> system, when CentOS is installed.
>
> I have used both yumex and synaptic, and both have strengths and weaknesses. But
> quite frankly I find Synaptic easier and clearer to use. I realize that for
> experienced Linux users that argument holds no weight but for the casual Linux
> desktop user it is very important.
>
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