Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > As Deb becomes bigger, attracting more users, with some
> > of them becoming developers, Deb's weaknesses such as the install
> > problems will be addressed as well (am I the only one who likes
> > dselect? :-) ).
> No, there's at least two of us :-) I think dselect, especially in
> combination with the apt access method, is terrific - it just takes some
> time upfront to get used to it.
Waaaaaay back when, I used Slackware. Then, one of my users suggested
that I try Redhat. He raved about the ability that RPM files give you to
upgrade your system automatically. So, I tried it. I installed Redhat on
a system and it worked okay, so I installed it on another. On the second
system, I chose not to install X initially. Later, I changed my mind and
went looking for the text-mode package selection utility so that I could
install X.
I couldn't find one.
Now, I KNOW that there is one (for the install runs such a beast) but I
couldn't find out what it was called or determine any references to it.
The only Redhat package selection utilities I could find were X based.
Since I didn't have X installed (installing X, after all, was why I was
trying to find a text mode installer) I wound up having to run RPM for
each of the parts which meant I had to figure out what all the parts were.
It was not a fun process.
However, there were other distributions and one of the CD-ROMs that I had
had a copy of Debian on it. Debian doesn't force me to install X on my
computer. Even if I don't install X initially, I can still select and
install packages on my computer.
So, I freakin' LOVE dselect. Don't ever get rid of it.
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