On Vi, 27 aug 10, 07:23:20, Tom Browder wrote: > I have to say I'm getting confused. I'm in the middle of setting up > my first Debian server (which used to be Ubuntu). > > I will be administering it remotely and would like to use the best > tool for the job.
For a stable server it probably doesn't matter, though apt-get might be faster than aptitude on the command-line. apt-cache certainly is faster for simple searches. On a testing, sid or mixed system I'd definitely recommend aptitude's interactive mode. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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