On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:01:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:14:55 +0200, br...@linuxsynths.com [1]wrote: > >> Funny! I would have said about the same thing, but for apt-get. > > Hi, > > apt and apt-get make not much of a difference, it's just that apt does > use an easy to understand name instead if dist-upgrade, which is named > full-upgrade and a newbie don't need to use apt-cache or dpkg to > search, show or list. It also provides an option to edit sources.list, > so a newbie does not need to know where it's located. Since apt is new, > it doesn't need to be backwards compatible. Since it's the new official > Ubuntu command line tool for package management, pitfalls introduced by > other user-friendly tools, at the moment just aptitude comes to mind, > could be ruled out, since Ubuntu and apt defaults will fit very well > together. > > I can't see any advantage for a newbie, when dealing with apt-get, > instead of learning how to use apt. Advanced users likely prefer the > apt-get defaults, I at least temporarily need to use apt with > > -o APT::Color="0" > > because otherwise the output could be unreadable on my monitor. To get > completely rid of it, I would have to edit the config. That's why I > agree that apt-get could be more comfortable for experienced users, > used to it. > > Why do you think that apt-get is easier to use for newbies? > > Regards, > Ralf I don't know why it would be easier. But I was a newbie when I learned of it, and I discovered Apt later on but stuck with apt-get anyway. But probably just because of habit. I would hazard a guess however, that if one of the two has a GUI, then I would probably go with that. Newbies like GUIs I think. Lots of people have a bad taste in their mouths about linux because it was so terminal-based. (Even if using a terminal has definite advantages, for sure. Just not for the beginning coming from Windows.) brian Links: ------ [1] mailto:br...@linuxsynths.com
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