On Wed, August 27, 2008 11:37, Clayton wrote:
I know 10.3 has a bad reputation where package manglement is concerned, but in all fairness, if you stick to the default repositories, and a few big ones, like Packman, I don't think the package management is that bad. I've only had very few issues with it since it's release, much much better than earlier 10.x releases!
However, my experience with package management on 11 has been a little piece of heaven so far. It's fast, it doesn't churn my CPU for minutes before it decides it can't install something due to conflicting dependencies...I love it! :-)
The entire 10.x series had package management issues - primarily with speed. Now with 11.0, it works, and it works VERY well. As soon as i saw how good it was, i moved all my computers to 11.0, and encourage others to do the same.
I've worked with and ran various other Linux distros including Ubuntu and its variations, and compared to the 10.x releases, Ubuntu won in package management. OpenSuse 11.0 thouhg... has got it right (for how I think/work anyway)..
Coming from Debian&Ubuntu, and before that, Gentoo, I agree. Speed is comparable. Perhaps synaptic/aptitude are just a tiny bit faster, but not much. It has the same speed issues when you add lots of repo's. The OpenSuse 11.0 interface doesn't feel alien[*] to me: I can do most things with it that I could also do with synaptic. What I think is a big plus, is that it splits up the download count for each repo. Also a big win for OpenSuse is the different kind of repo's it can manage. What is it, more than 10 types? ftp, http, cd/dvd,... Eat that, Ubuntu! ;-) I cannot comment on 10.x because I never used those, except for a livecd that came with a magazine. [*] alien is a program that converts .rpm to .deb -- Amedee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org