Hi,

Sthitaprajna typed:
> But as an aside, is it possible to convert RPM based packages to .deb 
> format?

That is also supposedly possible with alien.

> For example, I do want to convert Mandrake's lothar soundconfig to 
> a debian package. This package is just the /best/ autodetect thing for 
> arcane sound cards, like mine;>

Ordinary programs which just put themselves in /usr/bin etc will work,
but I don't think a sound configurator will work like that without a
*lot* of tweaking. Because most of the configuration files will be
different for different distros...

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