Does synaptic work with Fedora? Regards, Robert Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue.
-----Original Message----- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 16 April 2004 9:47 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux for a friend ahh yes, part of redhat network. Thanks for that, my memory is not what ir was. synaptic works over any apt- typr repostory IIRC. It started life in the same place as apt, with debian. Nice to see the folks at redhat/fedora adopting another tool (apt), an acceptance of someone elses product over your own can be a bitter pill to swallow. On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:43:52 +1200 (NZST) Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Wasn't it up2date ? > > > Redhat also has a graphical tool, synaptic which is > (apt-get + rpm + dependancy manager) > > Derek. > > ========================================================================= > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > no, not redcarpet. redcarpet is the ximian utility. nothing to do with > > redhat. > > > > I think it was redhat agent. > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday 15 April 2004 18:34, Jason Greenwood wrote: > > >> RedCarpet?? > > > > > > Yes. That sounds like the name I remember. > > > > > > Getting back to the thread, I'd suggest that the best distribution for > > > Robert > > > to install for his friend is the one with which Robert is personally most > > > familiar. There will inevitably be questions to be answered, & Robert > > > needs > > > to know the answers. > > > > > > > > >> Nick Rout wrote: > > >> > On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:21, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > >> >> I expect that RedHat has something similar, > > >> >>but I do not know what it's called. > > >> > > > >> > In reality there is no more redhat for mere mortals. It is now fedora, > > >> > and I believe that they use apt-get on top of rpm. > > >> > > > >> > The redhat system (the name of which I forget) that they used before > > >> the > > >> > fedora shift was more suitable for a subscription system. > > > > > > -- > > > Sincerely etc. > > > Christopher Sawtell > > > > > > NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, > > > it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. > > > Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Derek Smithies Ph.D. This PC runs pine on linux for email > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine > ph +64 3 365 6485 Please do not notify me when (apparently) receiving a > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ windows virus from me...... > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
