On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Sacha Chua wrote:
> I find that easier to do in apt, if only because of dependencies and
> easy updates. Then again, RPM-based distros do have their
> advantages.. =)
I know a little about Debian packages and can say that these and FreeBSD
packages are quite neat with dependencies and that the packages are really
well done(ie: no excessively experimental software on stable releases).
They are also well organized into classifications. Slackware, on the other
hand, emphasizes on simplicity when it comes to packages(figuring out
dependencies will be left to the user). Slackware's simplicity enables me
to do quick and less painful highly customized installs(you could install
in a 400MB HD and it could still do real work). In my humble opinion,
Slackware is probably one of the best distributions for low-end,
out-of-production hardware. I remember using Debian once and found it very
painful to install into a small harddisk.
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