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[Thomas Holmquist]

ahh that updates ssh, dosent install it from scratch...

cfowler wrote:

>up2date ssh 
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>would have done it too
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>On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 22:27, Thomas Holmquist wrote:
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>>yes... Outdated packages do suck, but im willing to sacrifice for the 
>>simplisity of apt-get.
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>>so apt-get is the main feature that attracts me to apt-get
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>>but another nice thing is the small install... All I have to do is 
>>install them as I need them.
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>>Infact today, it hit me that I didnt have SSH... so I su as root and 
>>type apt-get install ssh... and 30 seconds later... I can SSH away!
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>>gentoo is nice, the only downsides I currently see are the install 
>>process, (Ive never used such a hard installer... infact... it dosent 
>>even have an installer :P) and also gentoo tends to get broken very 
>>easily :)
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>>ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
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>>>Really, I have an open mind now. Last time I went to Debians web site, they 
>>>were "taking a stand" against providing ISOs (that people like me could use). 
>>>I had trouble navigating their site, and eventually gave up. I didn't tell 
>>>anyone because I felt stupid for not even being able to find clear 
>>>installation instructions or a well designed site.
>>>
>>>Apparently, they have changed. I was easily able to find:
>>>ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/debian-cd/images/3.0_r1/i386
>>>I am guessing that they are making efforts to update their software more 
>>>quickly (when I saw it even the kernel was back a few versions).
>>>
>>>I would be interested in knowing what Debian features that is better than SUSE 
>>>or RedHat. Not to start a religious war about distros, but it would be nice 
>>>to hear what key features make each distro "better."
>>>
>>>For me, the only thing I don't like about SUSE is that I am not used to it 
>>>yet. I can't find stuff where RedHat puts it. :) (like /etc/HOSTNAME   
>>>instead of /etc/sysconfig/network).
>>>
>>>I have a 60 GB drive that I plan to install several OSes on (and finally build 
>>>Gentoo from scratch) so that I can learn as much as I did today (big 
>>>eye-opener that Linux is not just RedHat or an outdated Caldera CD).
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