Re: [DNG] Fw: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 09:00:44PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I know many of you are using Devuan in production and as your Daily > Driver. Patrick from debian-user expressed some trepidation about > moving to Devuan in his impending escape from a systemd-encumbered > Debian, and I figure maybe if

[DNG] Fw: Beginning of the End for Wheezy [sigh!]

2016-04-16 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I know many of you are using Devuan in production and as your Daily Driver. Patrick from debian-user expressed some trepidation about moving to Devuan in his impending escape from a systemd-encumbered Debian, and I figure maybe if he heard a few of your use cases, he might feel more confid

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 16 Apr 16:04 -0500, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:19:44PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > > Le 16/04/2016 19:47, Noel Torres a écrit : > > > > > >I regularly use aptitude's CUI (I use to name it as text-mode > > >GUI). Mostly because it has that wonderful "Mark as automatically

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 16 Apr 15:15 -0500, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 16/04/2016 19:47, Noel Torres a écrit : > > > >I regularly use aptitude's CUI (I use to name it as text-mode GUI). Mostly > >because it has that wonderful "Mark as automatically installed" mode, that > >allows packages to be more easily updated

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:19:44PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 16/04/2016 19:47, Noel Torres a écrit : > > > >I regularly use aptitude's CUI (I use to name it as text-mode > >GUI). Mostly because it has that wonderful "Mark as automatically > >installed" mode, that allows packages to be more eas

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 16/04/2016 19:47, Noel Torres a écrit : I regularly use aptitude's CUI (I use to name it as text-mode GUI). Mostly because it has that wonderful "Mark as automatically installed" mode, that allows packages to be more easily updated or removed. I'm afraid I've forged the acronym CUI s

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 16/04/2016 19:47, Noel Torres a écrit : I regularly use aptitude's CUI (I use to name it as text-mode GUI). Mostly because it has that wonderful "Mark as automatically installed" mode, that allows packages to be more easily updated or removed. This feature also exists in synaptic :-)

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Noel Torres
Didier Kryn escribió: You guys all talk of aptitude as a CLI. But it is essentially a CUI (Curses User Interface) supposed to give you diverse views of the status of your packages and of what you are doing. I could never make any sense of this CUI, although I know people who do. I've

[DNG] simple-netaid-gtk3

2016-04-16 Thread aitor_czr
Hi all, I'm advancing with simple-netaid-gtk3. You can download the following video: wget http://gnuinos.org/simple-netaid-gtk3/snetaid Cheers, Aitor. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dn

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Svante Signell
On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 10:22 +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 04:25:20PM -0500, dev wrote: > > > > On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: > > > For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference > > > and > > > opinion.  However, aptitude does bit better of a job

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Rainer Weikusat
dev writes: [...] > # > # apt-get upgrade <--<< kernel 2.6.32 will NOT install, updates will [...] > The following packages have been kept back: > proxmox-ve-2.6.32 > The following packages will be upgraded: > base-files libnvpair1 libpve-common-perl libuutil1 libwbclient0 > libzfs2 lib

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Nate Bargmann writes: > Interesting. I've been using Aptitude in CUI mode since at least 2000 > or so and it seems straightforward and reasonably intuitive to me. It > is miles ahead of dselect which it replaced. Now that was a horror of a > UI. Of course, a dselect lover or two will be along

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Nate Bargmann
Interesting. I've been using Aptitude in CUI mode since at least 2000 or so and it seems straightforward and reasonably intuitive to me. It is miles ahead of dselect which it replaced. Now that was a horror of a UI. Of course, a dselect lover or two will be along tell me I'm wrong. :-) I've pr

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Dave Turner
On 16/04/16 09:46, Dave Turner wrote: On 15/04/16 22:25, dev wrote: On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference and opinion. However, aptitude does bit better of a job resolving dependencies and preventing them from breaking yo

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 06:32:01PM +0900, Simon Walter wrote: [cut] > > Same here. I tried to use the recommended aptitude a couple times > and just got lost. > I have tried to use the recommended aptitude a couple of times, and just got a lot of trash installed :D In those cases, debfoster w

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Simon Walter
On 04/16/2016 06:22 PM, KatolaZ wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 04:25:20PM -0500, dev wrote: On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference and opinion. However, aptitude does bit better of a job resolving dependencies and preventin

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 04:25:20PM -0500, dev wrote: > > On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: > >For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference and > >opinion. However, aptitude does bit better of a job resolving > >dependencies and preventing them from breaking your sys

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Dave Turner
On 15/04/16 22:25, dev wrote: On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference and opinion. However, aptitude does bit better of a job resolving dependencies and preventing them from breaking your system. Yes, That's what I've alwa

Re: [DNG] apt-get vs. aptitude ?

2016-04-16 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/04/2016 23:25, dev a écrit : On 04/15/2016 03:36 PM, Linux O'Beardly wrote: For what it's worth, much of the apt vs aptitude is preference and opinion. However, aptitude does bit better of a job resolving dependencies and preventing them from breaking your system. Yes, That's what I've