Frank Barknecht wrote : > Hallo, > > eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx hat gesagt: // eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:50 , anahata <anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sent: > > >Initially yes. Once it's all working, Debian's the package management > > >system is far more bullet proof than rpm. > > > > This is why Planet CCRMA uses apt-get for their RadHat distribution. > > apt != dpkg ! > > CCRMA uses apt to check dependencies or rpm packages, which still > are a bit different from deb packages. > > debs have a stronger enforcement of dependencies, which is a love or > hate thing, because managing all this can be very difficult for users. > dpkg ensures that the system always is in a clean state, provided the > packages were built correctly. > > The difficulties of handling debs lead to the development of apt, > which just is a tool to resolve dependencies prior to package > installation. (Try "apt-get -s install something") > > Regarding user friendly installation of Debian: I consider ease of > installation an very overvalued factor. How often do you install a > Linux system? This isn't Windows. I installed my main Debian system > about six or seven or more years ago using Debian 1.2 and a pre-2.x > kernel. This system has followed me over lots of harddisks, CPUs and > mainboards and kernels, constantly upgraded with pure dpkg and later > apt. > > Clean package management is much, much more important than ease of > installation, and Debian simply has the most robust package management > there is. (Maybe beaten by Gentoo, but I'd like to do other work > besides compiling, too. ;) > > I'd strongly recommend Debian. > > Ciao Are deb packages available for kernels/rpms in the Planet CCRMA collection? And what else is better from a system setup/maintenance point of view? I've been curious about debian lately, Marv
