On Friday 01 August 2003 14:05, Hagibis Fan wrote: > > hi > <snip> > > Always have been wanting to switch to debian, > I hear good things about it in this PLUG > and the other PLUG (philadephia LUG). > > why i wanted to switch: RedHat changes so much > in every release, and their RPM system sucks, IMHO. > They have a network update called "up2date" that > is GREAT but costs money ($5 /month). Withouth > up2date the RPM files are just hard to figure > out manually (had to be installed in a certain order). > > My friend at the office uses Mandrake and he > raves about URPMI network package/updater. > > why i havent switched to debian yet: laziness, > and my server has always been stable. > > jondz
Hi Jondz, There are similar tools available for RPM-based distros, (of course not as mature as debian's, but they do the job most of the time): http://www.mat.univie.ac.at/~gerald/ftp/autoupdate/ http://apt4rpm.sourceforge.net/ HTH, -eric -- .--. Enrique D. Rosel II ( () ) Q Linux Solutions, Inc. (632) 750-1800 `--\\ Consultancy+Training+Support+Development http://www.q-linux.com/ -- 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
