> people are always whining about this and that and i don't want to pay and > Mr Filthy took away my caaaaannnnddddyyyy. it all boils down to whether > you can pay for support or not.
i can't pay it for a home system--for the 3 servers i have here i cannot justify it--not for home use. Really. I'm not kidding, and I have my reasons. We do pay for up2date support for our collocated server though (starting a biz with my friend). So we *do* pay. We understand the need for it. We did replace the kernel remotely so we appreciate up2date's power. > besides, up2date is free -- it's just, if you don't pay, you get to > connect to slower mirrors. i don't see why that is not fair, bandwidth > costs money. aint anymore. it stops working after a demo period, last time I tried. > > also you can use Ximian's redcarpet (which i prefer, since it's better > looking than up2date). possibly. Havent checked that out yet though. > > > It depends. Been using RH and is going smooth. If you use RPMS then most > > likely that your system will really suck. Using sourcetarball here =) > > quantify "suck." the RPM system becomes circular after many updates. You have to intsall one package after another in a specific order. it also comes to a point where one package needs another but that other package needs the other one! I might be missing a command switch or something but still, I havent been lucky in this regard. So some packages of mine goes un-updated. Of course I'm doing this manually at home and thats the biggest reason i'm attracted to debian--i want to try that dpkg thing that people keeps ranting about. > > that aside, i think your *opinions* are just that -- opinions. of course they are! (Did you see the IMHO in my post) we're comparing distros and i'm just pointing out som disadvantages. I did mention I use RH, right. 3 servers at home. > but tossing out casual "RPM sucks" comments is neither useful nor helpful. jeez lets lighten up shall we...i'm harmless! jondz -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
