Re: comments about Debian based Xandros
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 07:53:29PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 11:47:44PM +0100, Simon Jolle sjolle wrote:
> Xandros, you should get support from them, only. Debian has 16,000+
> packages. Most of the derivitaves do not use all them. So, if you need a
root@box:~# apt-cache search * | wc -l
0
huh?
root@box:~# apt-cache search \* | wc -l
E: Regex compilation error
0
grmph.
root@box:~# apt-cache search e | wc -l
18638
:-)
Although its almost certainly debatable whether non-free,
or debian-mutimedia can be classified as being under the Debian
"umbrella". I know that apt-get.org is considered harmful.
--
Chris.
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