[oclug] Good Point

[Michael H. Collins]

You got me wrong.  I hate Debian.  <flame suit on>

Conectiva uses apt-get with RPM.  Any program that will run on redhat or 
mandrake will run on Conectiva.  I live, hanging off the bleeding edge 
with Conectiva.

http://en.conectiva.com/


Ian Wormsbecker wrote:

> I admit that I am not familiar with debian. I am aware of apt-get though, but my
> understanding was that you can't get bleeding edge programs, which it seems are the
> programs that people are suggesting. Can you get X 4.0.3? Or Kde 2.1? If you can,
> then I will make the switch to Debian, but my understanding is that you can't get
> these programs unless compiling from source or using cvs, which, for most users, is
> far to much hassle to be bothered.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> 
> "Michael H. Collins" wrote:
> 
> 
>> Have you tried 'apt-get upgrade'  A no brainer, and you can keep working
>> while it is upgrading.
>> 
>> Conectiva is what I use.
>> 
>> Ian Wormsbecker wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I think that is something that needs to be worked on with linux. Most people
>>> don't have time to spend an afternoon upgrading once a week. I understand
>>> maybe Ximian and other players are trying to fix this, but I think there needs
>>> to be an easier way to upgrade frequently. I think that would make linux more
>>> useable on the desktop for many IT departments.
>>> 
>> 
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