[plug] The same old argument RH vs. Whatever

[Mike Groeneweg]

> 
>         Oh, this raises an interesting question for everyone: I use
> rp-pppoe, and supposedly the newest version has major bug fixes as well as
> the ability to negotiate MTU values with clients (so you dont have to set
> the MTU on every client - hard on a G4 :). But the version on the Debian
> servers is the older version. I actually spoke to the package maintainer
> about it, and he sent me the newest deb.... but how do I apt-get install a
> package sitting in my home dir?

dpkg -i package.deb

will install it for you.

BTW I agree with most of your comments regarding RH vs Debian et al.
Although I use debian as my desktop too :-)

Mike
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