-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 28 February 2004 04:37 am, Jesse Kline wrote: > Quoting Juan Alberto Cirez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Just a quick question: What are the main Linux distros at the moment(I > > mean the most popular) and what tools do they have for > > managing/installing/upgrading packages....? > > I would say that there are three main distros: > > -Fedora > -RPM Based > -up2date, YUM, and apt-get are used to upgrade/install packages > -SuSE > -RPM Based > -YOU, and apt-get are used to upgrade/install > -Mandrake > -RPM Based > -urpm* is used to upgrade/install > > If you are a bit more advanced and feel a little adventurous: > > -Debian > -uses the DEB package format > -apt-get to upgrade/install
Just to mention the distro's that make for easier install but are Debian based (two I can think of) mepis libranet > -Slackware > -uses the Slackware tgz package format > -swaret to upgrade/install > -Gentoo > -Source based distro > -Emerge to upgrade/install > > Jesse > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > - -- Mel Walters (Synergy with Computers) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> gpg fingerprint = 314D E737 4589 95A3 ED7B E766 E971 D7E7 1E22 B9F3 http://wecanstopspam.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAQR3k6XHX5x4iufMRAhUZAKCUQG0yAfflK6qg4B813lZsYs0jzgCgj1KG N4i/YVUViH9FlNABEPFu4Lw= =cHiZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
