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Re: Eweek article: Debian earns quiet popularity



On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 06:15:03PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:02:28AM -0800, William Ballard wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 11:49:42AM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> > > The article is available online at
> > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1553247,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
> > 
> > Quote:
> > Perhaps the biggest strength of Debian is its software installation and 
> > update system, which is anchored by Debian's APT (Advanced Packaging 
> > Tool)
> > 
> > apt stands for 'a package tool', right?
> 
> No; see 'man apt'.

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-tutorial/ch-dpkg.html
Debian now supplies a tool named Apt (for "A Package Tool") to help the 
administrators to add or remove software more easily

http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-uptodate.en.html
APT stands for A Package Tool.

I'll file the bugs.



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