Re: Un-Debian? (was: Kernel choices)
On 2005-04-29, a.list.address@gmail.com penned:
> On 4/28/05, Stephen R Laniel <steve@laniels.org> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to toss in a little self-defense here, because having "the
>> computer ... do it for them" is so un-Debian, and I'd hate to be
>> thought of as un-Debian. :-)
>
> It is? I thought it was the other way around: apt-get install this,
> apt-get install that, installs the software for you, does most of
> the configuration for you...apt-get update, apt-get upgrade upgrades
> everything for you...little manual configuration or fetching of
> packages. You can still do it manually if you want, but I thought
> one of the core features of Debian was automating administrivia so
> you can focus on other things.
I guess it depends on what you're used to ... I think Debian is a lot
friendlier to manual configuration than, say, RedHat. But you're
right that using packages is much more automated than building the
source yourself.
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