APT, Yum and Red Carpet

[Charles Hixsn]

Jef Spaleta wrote:

>Hans Deragon wrote:
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>>However, apt has synaptic available as GUI. I am not aware of a GUI 
>>for yum. For a desktop machine, a GUI is a must.
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>It's deceptive to think just about end-user oriented feature sets, when
>deciding on future development paths.  One could argue that yum has a
>technical advantage in terms of long term development inside rhl,
>because its using the same python bindings that the current redhat ...
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I wouldn't go so far as to say that it is a must...  but synaptic is a 
tremendous advance over dselect.  The function that they both preform, 
which is a must,  is to allow you to find a package without knowing 
exactly what it's name is in advance.  (If you do, then apt-get is a lot 
faster.  A LOT!)