On 14 Apr 2007, Michael Pobega wrote: > On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 05:50:26PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Adam Frank wrote: > > > For beginners I'd definitely recommend apt-get, or even one of its GUI > > > fronteds like Synaptic. > > > > The only problem for a beginner using Synaptic is that if it is all she > > knows, and X crashes, they have no experience to fall back on. > > > > I completely agree. Everyone should have some command line experience in > case anything ever breaks X.org, it could save lots of data and time. > > I recommend aptitude for the new user, apt-get doesn't track > dependencies as well as aptitude does, and you don't have to remember > seperate commands (apt-* as opposed to aptitude) >
I'd vote for wajig myself. The first thing I do with a new installation is to install and run wajig. -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
