Hi Ray, On Apr 8, 2005 12:52 AM, Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > I don't know what "Debian-based" distros use, since I've not used any of > them ... I've never even heard of MEPIS ... so I can neither encourage nor > discourage their use. I just note that "Debian-based" != "Debian".
Of course you're right -- the MEPIS distributors do take Debian, change it in an unspecified number of ways, and release it as MEPIS. But I do want to qualify that, so far as package management is concerned, at least, MEPIS _is_ the same as Debian, because MEPIS uses dpkg, dselect and apt. > Finally, due to the detection and correction of security-related problems, > I'd suggest that nobody ... at least nobody running a system that has any > sort of Internet connection ... can escape the need to do regular updates > of his or her system. In practice, I find "full upgrades" easier to do than > security upgrades of specific packages ... but the need, and the attendant > risks of compatibility problems, is present in EVERY distro. Totally agree with this. But I would also, having learned my lesson, first install all packages I might like to use -- especially the development packages -- before doing full upgrades. Regards, -- Yawar - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
