Hello Russell, On 2/20/18, Russell Coker via luv-main <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, 19 February 2018 8:36:04 PM AEDT Mark Trickett via luv-main > wrote: >> All computers need a system administrator. You and he need to both >> learn. It is a bit like a toaster, fail to clean and the crumbs get >> mouldy, a health risk, and the prospect of starting a fire. Too many >> expect to just turn on the toaster and not clean now and then, and >> treat the computer the same. They do not deserve even the technology >> of the stone age. > > Hmm, I don't think I've ever cleaned a toaster. :-#
There are those who use for a year, then replace, and continue to overfill the landfills. A good toaster, looked after, should last. Properly built and cared for, with repairs, maybe somewhere upside of half a century. it is a matter of everyone being responsible. The same with computers, responsible choice of software and services, and not being Stef from Userfriendly who ill click on every link, deliberately. >> As to whether the Debian package management, or the Red Hat derived >> ones, you need to find what works your way. The reason I go for Debian >> and such is the package management tools, especially the handling of >> dependencies. This is less of an issue with the higher level package >> management front ends for Red Hat based systems, but it is built into >> the base level and fully available with the Debian package management >> tools. > > Also Debian has packages for almost everything you can imagine. Fedora has > much less support for various packages and RHEL has even less. > >> Do be aware that there are other package management means, from Gentoo >> using source based and compiling everything, to the way Slackware uses >> tarballs, tape archives, a collection of concatenated files, usually >> also compressed, and a small amount of extra detail, but not to the >> levels of the RPM or DEB packages. > > In most cases recommending Gentoo or Slackware is a bad idea. If you need > to ask which distribution to use then Gentoo and Slackware aren't suitable for > you. Mentioned more for moving towards completeness. If you notice, I did express that the alternatives have limitations, but that some people see merit in that way of doing things. Regards, Mark Trickett _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
