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[Craig Ringer]

John Knight wrote:

> The native tools vary between distros though. A new user has to learn 
> the ins and outs of every distro in order to exactly the same thing. 
> Native distro integration is possible, but is entriely in the hands of 
> distros themselves. SuSE are showing some interest....

Yep. To me, this is where the real issue lies. I don't personally care 
what automatic dependency resolution tool they pick, what package 
management tool is used, what GUI is layered over it, what package 
format is used, etc - I just want the same damn one everywhere.

While I can easily understand why that hasn't happened, just as distros 
continue to diverge with their configuration schemes and tools for 
things like networking, it doesn't stop me loating the fact. I can't 
even imagine what it must be like for consultants trying to support 
"Linux" (as an OS in general).

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Craig Ringer