ejn88 on Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:48:23 -0500 (EST)


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Re: apt (was: Re: [Plug] redhat 6.1 insllation)


Kudos Leroy!



> Hi All,
> 
> PLUG is the Philadelphia Linux Users Group, and not a Linux distribution users
> group.  It does not matter what distribution that you choose to use, but the
> important thing is that the distribution that you are using meets your needs and
> desires.  
> 
> With Linux you have a huge choice of options about everything, whereas in some
> other operating systems you get what you get.  Also there are minor differences
> between distributions, but most of the config files will be found in /etc.  If
> you know one distribution, then you can work on any of the distributions that
> are currently available.
> 
> So I see the petty argument that my distribution is better than your should not
> even be discussed on this list.  We are all Linux users and that is our common
> bond.  Some like RedHat, while others like Slakware or Debian.  But the main
> theme should be for helping the person who is having difficulty with their
> system or a program.
> 
> Let's rise above our differences and concentrate on our strengths and likeness.  
> 
> "Michael W. Ryan" wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Mental wrote:
> > 
> > > Whats the point of this entire thread?
> > 
> > Because Darxus accidentally hit a nerve with his "unless you use debian"
> > response, and the discussion quickly degenerated into some people
> > explaining to  how apt-get works (thank for the explanation, BTW).
> > 
> > The "nerve" (and no, it's not worth aplogizing over.  I should apologize
> > for responding snippily) is the incredulity that I tend to encounter when
> > PLUG members discover that I use Red Hat and am happy with it and that I
> > script in Python and have no desire whatsoever to learn Perl.  I feel that
> > I am continually expected to defend my choices.  Debian isn't the only
> > good distribution out there and Perl isn't the end all and be all of
> > scripting languages.
> > 
> > Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT     | OTAKON 2000
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