On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 09:25, Chinmay Nadkarni wrote: > I have been on Redhat 7.2 for well over a year now, but I dont like the > package management system (rpm) that redhat provides (Two words - > dependency hell).
There are tools to help with this. I personally like apt-get, but you can also take a look at Ximian's Red Carpet. They greatly simplify installing new applications and upgrades. Apt seems better suited for installing new software (provided you have a decent repository list to provide the software) while Red Carpet is good for keeping up with the stock RedHat stuff and Ximian enhancements. I suspect you're going to have package management issues wherever you go. It's the achilles' heel of any package management system. Ask Microsoft (whence the term 'dll hell') if they've thought of a good fix for Windows <wink> > I am thinking of trying some other distribution just for that. What are > some of the other distributions to look out for ... I have seen some > good reviews for Libranet. Debian seems to be a crowd pleaser. And the parent of apt. Another I've been hearing endlessly about of late is Gentoo. Of course, the further you move from a mainstream distro, the less user-friendly the installs become and don't expect any nice tools like redhat-config-*. Just a heads-up. Regards, -- Cliff Wells, Software Engineer Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net) (503) 978-6726 x308 (800) 735-0555 x308 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
