the 'which distro' question

[Tony Alfrey]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
> Tony Alfrey a ?crit :

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>>>
>> Is it a problem for you that they use different package managing 
>> systems?  Can you put rpm-based things on a Debian box?
>> Thanks!
>>
> 
> Don't worry about the mackage management system. Basically they can all 
> do the same. I think you should not base your choice on that. And you'll 
> find the same packages from a distro to another.

That does seem to be true 90% of the time, but I have had some instances 
where it is not the case.  But maybe that's because I'm specifically 
looking for rpms so I don't often see the dpm listed at the same time.
And frankly, I often just compile the bloody code, unless it is 
something that requires so many libraries that I don't have that it is 
too painful.


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