On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:26:13PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > That said, I think rpm violates the minimalist principle > of Linux by putting too many layers of cruft on top > of things. I find Slackware's tarball format to be the > best balance between ease of use and access to internals > (translates to ease of _fixing_ and _tweaking_).
<impish grin> Ease of use for me includes being able to, ahh, find the source packages in the first place (does urpmi have a source option?), and to be able to upgrade and configure things I haven't had the chance to really learn about yet. Yes, Slackware gods can do everything with a text editor (sed! dd!), but the rest of the world might find package managers handy. Of course this point has been brought up in every single distro comparison, so what's new? Probably the thought of someone finding a bare Slackware package easy to use.. .. although I do tend to compile source packages when debs aren't available (or are pretty old).. =) I still have to learn how to package a nice deb. Or RPM, for that matter. What do people think of emerge - Gentoo, right? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3 BS CS Ateneo geek =) Ateneo Cervini-Eliazo Networks (ACENT) tel: 63(2) 426-6001 loc 5925 _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
