apt vs yum

[James McDonald]

Tim Wunder wrote:

> On 8/12/2004 8:37 AM, I believe that James McDonald wrote:
>
>> Is it just me or is apt a far better product than yum?
>>
>
> In what fashion?

Personally I hate the "header" download apt does. It seems to take 
forever and the apt one is quick.

> I currently use yum, and like it. What makes apt "far better?"
> I used apt for a little while to maintain RHL 8.0, but ever since 
> installing FC1 and FC2 have used yum. I found configuring apt to be 
> very confusing, as compared to the relatively straightforward yum.conf.