--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > You mistook what I said. I don't mind being wrong, but first check to make > sure what I said. > > The comment said most *Linux* users and not Debian users use aptitude. My > point was not specific to Debian itself, but to distros that use the Debian > package management system of which Debian is not the largest by far. I like > aptitude, but the fact remains that it does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu > and Mint and many other large Debian based distros and Debian based distros > themselves are less than half of all distributions, most of which are RPM > based. So I was accurate that most *Linux* users do not use aptitude at all. > I would add that most users of apt do not use aptitude either. Over half of > those would use a GUI frontend and many of the commandline folks will use > apt-get or sometimes even apt-fast or dpkg. That is not a slight against > aptitude, but just reality. I know many people who personally who prefer > aptitude, but that does not change the situation. I know far more who use > the GUI, including most here. > > This is off topic anyway. The original person wanted help on unzipping and I > am not sure why aptitude was even brought into it. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada >
I'm sorry Roy in the future I'll try to be less obtuse. But really I thought this thread was about installing software in Linux! ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
