On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Randy Edwards wrote:
> Quite true. And, if I may add, Debian still has the largest number of
> quality-standards-checked software packages available for it of any
> GNU/Linux distribution. I can't recall how many packages the present
> stable "potato" version has, but the unstable "woody" version just topped
> 6000 packages.
>
> (We'll ignore the fact that with tools like "alien" even Red Hatters
> could install these; that point wouldn't make for good PR. :-)
>
Of course, with alien, Debian users have full access to all RPM
packages (and Slackware, and a few other formats) ;-)
jeff
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Commercial software. Oppose
shareware or freeware.
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