On Wed, 2005-07-06 at 21:42 -0600, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > After having used Red Hat 9 and Knoppix (hard disk install), I installed > Sarge > a while ago and plan to stick with it. All support to you. > Now I need to select a package manager > to use that fits my needs. My laptop is used for office tapplications > (creating documents, some graphics, presentation, browsing, e-mail, etc.) and > I don't anticipate installing and removing too many applications. > okay > I'm leaning toward using apt (and maybe occasionally using Synaptic) rather > then Aptitude. Given my use, shouldn't the simplicity of apt be adequate over > the long haul? May be... > > Is using deborphan and -- purge just as effective as Aptitude's cleaning > methods? If so, then what's Aptitude's advantage? Or is this just a matter of > preference? Aptitude gives you a GUI... I recommend using apt it is very stable as well for security reasons.
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