What package managment do you prefer?

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alex.barylski
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What package managment do you prefer?

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I have grown quite accustomed to APT but have limited experience using RPM and Portage...

Which do you prefer and why? What benefits does it offer over any other(s)?

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Re: What package managment do you prefer?

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Fedora with yum and rpm's. Since yum and rpm's are what Fedora comes with.
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Portage. I just feel more comfortable with it, and it offers great control should I need it.
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None! Slackware :P
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Re: What package managment do you prefer?

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Windows Update. :twisted:
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VladSun wrote:None! Slackware :P
I was waiting for someone to bring that up :p
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Jenk wrote:
VladSun wrote:None! Slackware :P
I was waiting for someone to bring that up :p
:drunk:
So was I ;)
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Re: What package managment do you prefer?

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Windows update...hahaha...

Why Slackware? I believe I tried it once when I first made the decision to give linux a serious attempt. Wasn't it like Gentoo, requiring a lot of custom compilation? Does it have a very primitive package manager?
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Re: What package managment do you prefer?

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It has no package manager at all.. you have to configure/make/make install everything.

That doesn't stop you from installing a package manager of your choice, however.
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