Re: Experiment: Neophyte versus Windows XP & Debian Woody
This is when you find something that you need to run on your RPM based
system, you download the RPM and attempt to install it, only to find out
you need another RPM (actually a lib from another RPM) you search for
the required RPM and download it and attempt the install, only to find
out you need another RPM (actually a lib from another RPM) you search
for the the required RPM and download it and attempt the install, only
to find ...
This was the primary reason I looked a Debian in the first place, I have
installed/setup MANY Debian machines to do many different tasks have
have never thought about returning to hell.
I think RH's recent announcement will be their downfall, as more people
who are 'forced' to try Debian, the more that will realize maintaining
and adding functionality to a system does not have to be something that
wakes you up in the middle of the night SCREAMING!
Once they have a good nights sleep, the will head to the server room and
send RH to HELL!!
John
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 08:48, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 10:24:57PM -0500, M. Kirchhoff wrote:
> > Out of personal curiosity, I will be conducting an experiment this
> > ...
> >
> > Two months later, I--like so many others before me--came crawling back
> > to Debian, my hands weary from long hours spent fighting RPM dependency
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > hell, instability, package conflicts, and a general lack of consistency.
> ^^^^
>
> I left RH long ago, when I was far less knowledgable. I was more
> successful at install than you, but never felt I had any chance of
> gaining control of my computer within the RH environment. I have no
> desire to go back. So, out of curiosity, what is RPM dependency hell?
> I'm not interested enough to find out for myself. It sort of sounds like
> 'what does it feel like to hit your thumb really hard with a hammer?'
> i.e. the sort of question for which direct personal knowledge is best
> avoided. So, what is it?
>
> --
> Paul E Condon
> pecondon@peakpeak.com
>
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