Re: Packages?! (was: Re: Open Ca-Cert!)

Carla Schroder <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.pdxlug
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Thursday 08 July 2004 4:30 pm, Charlie Schluting wrote:
> Grishnav wrote:
> 
>  >
>  >
>  > Gentoo is rice. Binary packages are fast. Debian > *
>  >
>  > /flamebait
>  >
> 
> Sure... if the configure options are what you need, its way fast. WTF is up 
with all these users who 
> don't know how to compile things? RPMs and all binary packages actually 
suck.. for the above reason. 

I bet you still rub sticks to make fire. On servers, obsessive-compulsive 
compiling, and monitoring every single installed bit makes a bit of sense. On 
a workstation, forget it. Then you use a nice package-based system with an 
intelligent dependency-resolver, like apt-get or yum.

> Well, except, of couse, when you don't care what options are enabled. Which 
I guess linux newbs 
> could care less about.
> 
> Hmmm.
> 
> Its interesting watching Binary package-based distros morph into a Windows 
operating system... but 
> still, XP is much better at many things.
> 
> How's that for some flamebait?  :)

Ehh, a bit recycled. :)

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