Re: Comparision presentation of Debian with RedHat
On Wednesday 30 June 2004 08:37 pm, Alvin Oga wrote:
> *.deb and *.rpm patches are readily available, but...
That brings to mind an opposing point, actually. I don't have statistics to
back this up, but my gut says at least 75% of the Linux world runs on
RPM-based distros for better or worse. I've found some occasions when
running a "non-standard" packaging system meant a lot more work for me.
Especially getting politically-incorrect hardware to work.
Not enough to give up Debian by a long shot, but I do wish the wRetched
Package Mangler would die a quiet death, leaving people no choice but to
provide .debs on such occasions.
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