On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 02:40:50AM -0000, Paul wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > Most Linux users install P7Zip or use the right click menu of the file > > manager to Extract Here. > > > > Roy > > I thought most Linux users typed aptitude install ...
Heh, well are you sure that most Linux users are on Debian based systems? (Although I suspect, with Ubuntu's popularity, that they are.) As Roy said in his follow up email, these days, the vast majority of them have graphic tools for this, which I imagine are easier for the newcomer to Linux to use. I dunno, don't think I've ever used them. I have heard many complaints about Fedora's packagekit, (and have my own--the developer feels that it was fine to allow any user to update packages without authentication.) The vast majority of Fedora users, judging from the forums, still use yum rather than the guis. Also, as Roy did mention, seems to me that in Ubuntu at least, they don't include aptitude, only apt, though aptitude is easily installed. (I prefer it to apt, simply because I can type apti<tab> as opposed to reaching with my pinkie for the - key.) IIRC, the original poster was asking about p7zip files though, and not sure what most distributions include by default on that. I've only worked with them on FreeBSD, CentOS and Fedora, so not sure what others include in their default installations. (Not sure what CentOS and Fedora do in their default installations either, actually, I always do a minimal install and add to it. However, I see that in my CentOS install, it's from rpmforge, meaning it wouldn't be included in a default CentOS install. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Xander: Hi, for those of you who just tuned in, everyone here is a crazy person. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
