On Nov 2, 2015, at 12:45 AM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: >> To be honest, I see no reason at all why two package managers needed >> to be included in standard install. If you aren't happy with apt-get, >> just apt-get install aptitude. It seems beyond question to me that >> having bare minimum to start with and adding things you need from >> there is a much cleaner and better way of doing things than having >> several tools with the same function and having to get rid of one. So >> a very sensible change, I only wonder what was the thinking behind >> the initial approach. > > Not in the base system, no, but I'd expect it to be included in any > system which might be used by newcomers to Linux. A lot of Internet > sites include installation instructions using aptitude, without > mentioning any alternatives, or even that there are any. Similarly, a > desktop system other than a minimalist one should include Synaptic. > > -- > Joe
+1 for Joe. Requiring a newcomer to install aptitude before she can follow the simple step-by-step instructions she downloaded from the web — or alternatively requiring all the helpful folks who posted those step-by-step instructions to go back and modify them… That’s not what I’d call “newbie friendly”. Rick