Michael Moore wrote on Friday, March 10, 2006 9:42 AM:
>>>> $emerge --version >>>> >>>> Will tell you _all_ you need to know... :-D > --- >> #apt-get --version >> >> Will also tell you _all_ you need to know... :-D > > Sadly neither of those is even entirely accurate. For example, emerge > is available for both Gentoo and OSX (and others?). Apt-get runs on > much more than Debian. Apt works on OSX (used in Fink), Ubuntu, and > with apt-for-rpm even on RH/Fedora based apps. > > Nothing wrong with those distros, but emerge on Linux != emerge on > OSX. OSX's has trouble building stuff. On Linux, it's great. > > And if you get happy and excited that you think you're on a > Debian-based box because you find apt, you're in for a big > disapointment when you see it's Fedora. That would be an interesting poll. Chime in if you've ever installed apt on fedora or another distro that didn't have it natively (like ubuntu does). I'm interested in finding out how popular the said prospect is. You also need to have run it for longer than 2 weeks. It doesn't count if you did it to see if it was possible and then whiped it a few days later. I once THOUGHT about it...but then I just threw my fedora out the window and went with debian... It seems like an entire waste of time to change one of the main things that, in my opinion, _defines_ a particular distro rather than use what the distro supplies. It's like taking a particular distro and making the Moore-distro or the Brian-distro, it's just too much of a change. Brian -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
