> On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:37:49 -0500, seth vidal > <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 21:16 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote: > > > a quick sumup: > > > > > > synaptic is a nice GUI for apt. > > > > > > up2date is only usefull to show pending updates > > > > > > yum is only usefull after fc2 (IMO), unless you are dealing with > > > multilib. > > > > > > So for fc<3, use apt. For fc>3, use yum. If x86_64, use yum. > > > > > > That is the simple explanation. > > > > I disagree, of course, if you're looking for repositories > you're going > > to have more luck finding yum repositories for FC-2. > > > > -sv > > > > > > -- > > > > Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list > > > > Another difference: in synaptic you can browse for packages. AFAIK you > can't do that with yum. But with 3rd party apps, like yumi, you can browse, etc with yum. It's not as advanced a GUI as some, but it is functional and works nicely. Jim Powell Senior Scientist/Engineer L3 Communications GSI AV-8B Harrier Support -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
