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13 Year old logic
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MEPIS Novice   Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:10 pm Posts: 82 Location: Kingwood, Texas Has thanked: 29 times Have thanks: 5 times 
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Post # 297713
 13 Year old logic"Uncle Tony, why are there so many different kinds of linux packing. Why can't they all be in a .deb form. Seem stupid to have so many different knids of packages, one you want but cant use"
I think she is right.... it would be much better to settle on one packing method, one source method, and one upgrade method (Synapatic). Keep the command line open (apt-get). Why have a .yum or unbuntu paxkage or whatever BSD & Gentoo use.. too confusing. Imaging if they had not regulated power supply plugs.... just IMO....and my nieces..  _________________ GeForce GTX 560 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 // AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6 Cores // Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB // GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 // Internal Blu-ray Drive // Antec TWO HUNDRED V2 // Black CoolMax 700W ATX12V |
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Post # 297714
Re: 13 Year old logic Disagree. The power of Linux is open source and variety. Communities learn and build on each others successes and mistakes. It gives users an opportunity to try different flavors and decide which is best for them. Besides being open with many volunteers fosters disagreement on what the best packaging method is.
_________________ Forum Rules Guide - How to Ask for Help Link to Wiki Rich Acer Laptop 5750G: Intel i5, 4 GIG mem, nVidia GT540M/Intel integrated graphics Kubuntu 13.04, KDE 4.10.2 M12 Alpha 2 in VirtualBox |
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Post # 297715
Re: 13 Year old logic
man alien _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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MEPIS Novice Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:10 pm Posts: 82 Location: Kingwood, Texas Has thanked: 29 times Have thanks: 5 times
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Post # 297716
Re: 13 Year old logic
Who says you can't get variety from the same base. How many distros are built on Debian that still use .deb. _________________ GeForce GTX 560 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 // AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6 Cores // Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB // GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 // Internal Blu-ray Drive // Antec TWO HUNDRED V2 // Black CoolMax 700W ATX12V |
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Post # 297718
Re: 13 Year old logic
Uhm... all of them? _________________ Asus M4A87TD USB3 AMD 870 Socket AM3 Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe, nVidia TwinView Kingston 2G x 2 1333 DDR3 WD Caviar 500GB x 2 SATA hdd |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:49 pm Posts: 2447 Location: Doncaster UK Has thanked: 99 times Have thanks: 610 times
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Post # 297719
Re: 13 Year old logic
If a distro is built using Debian then it uses the debian package system, and they all use debs, One thing if you built all Linux systems using only debs, or rpm's the script kiddies would have a field day, just like they do with M$, which is one very good reason for not doing it. As Rich said Linux is open source software for the main part, so people will build with what suits them. _________________ *Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic(Windoze)* Kubuntu KDE 4.10.2 / Debian Wheezy-Experimental KDE 4.10.2 / Plasma Active 3 Tablet |
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MEPIS Novice Joined: Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:10 pm Posts: 82 Location: Kingwood, Texas Has thanked: 29 times Have thanks: 5 times
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Post # 297721
Re: 13 Year old logic
.rpm is a .deb? Really? Gentoo does not use Apt or Synaptic to manage packages, it uses Emerge? (I think that is the name of Gentoo's package manager.) Open source is open source.. you think the script kiddies use Windows to write their scripts? I think not.... _________________ GeForce GTX 560 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 // AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz 6 Cores // Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB // GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 // Internal Blu-ray Drive // Antec TWO HUNDRED V2 // Black CoolMax 700W ATX12V |
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Post # 297722
Re: 13 Year old logic I don't think you understand the lineage of the various distros. I know of no Debian based distro that doesn't use .deb packaging.
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Re: 13 Year old logic _________________ Gigabyte 7ZXE, AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 160GB, 1.5GB, XP, M11, M8.5, Wheezy IBM ThinkPad T43, Intel Pentium M (1.73GHz), 60GB, 1GB, XP, Mepis 11 |
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MEPIS is cool!  Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:07 pm Posts: 509 Location: Bracknell, UK Has thanked: 144 times Have thanks: 56 times
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Post # 297726
Re: 13 Year old logic
They haven't globally. In Europe, there is incompatability even to the degree of creating danger between countries that share land borders. I've also suffered frustration when testing non-Debian distros, and a particular piece of software is unavailable. If there is no other work-around, at least with Linux it may be possible to get it re-packaged through the distro's community. Chris _________________ Gigabyte Z77P-D3, Intel i3-3220, GeForce 8400 GS, 4GB PC3-12800. |
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