[plug] Ubuntu on older 8.04 on older machines

[Richard Meyer]

All I was doing was trying to tighten up the wording. Some people were
confusing the pisspot and the turds within - totally different things.



On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 20:48 +0800, Kev wrote:
> 
> Richard Meyer wrote:
> > Synaptic etc use info in the packages to decide EXACTLY what to install
> >   
> 
> Yes, but  RPMs don't have as much info stored in them as DEBs. 

>From what I read in the early Smart forums .rpms had MORE meta-info) I
have been googling frantically to find it again, but, alas .....) 


> What Kai 
> described is precisely why I quit Mandrake, and I'm pretty sure Mandrake 
> (10.x) used Synaptic, just as I use in Xandros and Etch  However, let's 
> face it most package managers, like Synaptic are only GUI frontends for 
> an underlying package management system.  It's that underlying system 
> where the differences lie.
> 
Again, we are getting to the point where we actually agree. Yes,
SYNAPTIC is a frontend (which is what I was trying to say FFS). it may
actually resolve cross-dependencies better than using straight "rpm",
which is NO surprise .... 

As I said below.
> 
> > if you decide to install a package foo.[deb][rpm][xyz]. Admittedly some
> > do a better job than others ......
> >
> > For goodness sake, people, please separate the process from the
> > content.   :-)
> >
> > If you want to use a certain distro for a certain reason, please don't
> > believe that your feelings/prejudices are gospel - examine your beliefs
> > - I do! (and I'm over 50)
> >
> >  
> >   
> > No it's the package MANAGER rather than the package - Yast, Yum, Smart,
> 
Where I give Debian based distros the big nod is THEY CAN UPDATE A WHOLE
DISTRO WHILE THEY ARE ONLINE without a reboot. 

 
-- 
Richard Meyer
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
William Pitt, 1783

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