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 -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
