On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:11 AM, <lu...@proxima.alt.za> wrote: >> The update/installation process in Ubuntu sucks. If you try something >> using BSD ports or Gentoo portage, you can fine tune things and have >> explicit control over the update process. > > I was specifically omitting BSD ports, as they are in a different > league. The point I _was_ making is that one readily sacrifices > control for convenience and that Linux and Windows users and those who > assist them have to accept second-rate management and pay for it (I > should know, I can see it when XP decides to use the GPRS link for its > updating :-( > > Enough reason for me to prefer Plan 9 (and NetBSD, but I can only get > my teeth into so many apples), if there weren't many more reasons. > > ++L >
Seriously, give Gentoo portage a try. There is a sane package management system for Linux.
