Redhat 9's great, RPM not so

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 19:20:34 -0400
"Robert E. Raymond" <rraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Thursday 28 August 2003 03:01 am, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:21:17 +0000
> >
> > "Robert E. Raymond" <rraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I finally gave up on Gentoo for my pianist's computer today and
> > > installed Redhat 9.  It's currently reminding me why I don't use an
> > > RPM based distro myself, though it is pretty nice and once I get a few
> > > things fixed it will be great for my pianist (for one he needs a GUI
> > > for just about everything and Gentoo doesn't provide that).
> >
> > Of course Gentoo does not have an ebuild for everything under the sun.
> > What types of things are missing that cause a problem? Just curious.
> >
> > You are not limited from installing RPMs on Gentoo. Dependencies could
> > probably be a hassle, but they are on a pure RPM system (wherever those
> > may exist).
> 
> It's not the apps available- it's the system setup/maintenance stuff that
> he needs a GUI for.  Gentoo's great for me, because I know what a command
> line is.

Have you tried kportage?

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