[ale] Suse or Red Hat? (yes, yes, i know here we go again...)

[Dow Hurst]

SuSE is rpm based.  I haven't worked with apt4rpm but wish to figure out 
how to get that type functionality working.  It is not easy to upgrade 
software unless someone has already worked thru building the packages 
for SuSE.  Most upgrades between versions of SuSE don't work out 
perfectly either with a reinstall as the best method.  If you want to 
stay with the latest software then a Debian based distro is probably 
better for you.  Unencrypted DVDs and all mp3s work just fine out of the 
box.  Mplayer comes preinstalled, but without the encryption algorithms 
installed like most distros.

I like the nice easy tools in Yast2 and the dependency checks in the 
software installation.  However, the Debian based apt-get sure sound 
nice when you want an upgrade of a package to actually integrate into 
your distro installation.  Right now I can install the latest Openoffice 
but the original is what is integrated into KDE.  The new software is 
put into a directory I specify and isn't replacing what the distro 
installed.  You would have to hack KDE to get the menus directed correctly.

This is why I am really interested in the Gentoo demo tonight at ALE-NW.
Dow


Preston Boyington wrote:

>
> > I am very interested in understanding how to upgrade and downgrade
> > software right now.  I need to downgrade gcc from 3.3-23 to
> > 2.96 or get
> > them to live side by side.  If I could apt-rpm gcc2.96 and it
> > would do
> > what was needed, I would jump for joy.
> >
> > Dow
> >
>
> is Suse rpm based?  (yes, that's how little i know of it)  how easy is 
> it to upgrade/update?  being an ignorant debian user (yes, it's 
> possible) i "apt-get" whatever i need and haven't had _any_ problems 
> with dependancy issues or having to locating some obscure file.  i am 
> trying to be careful as i don't want my friend to call me from 40 
> miles away at 9:00pm with a problem. 
>
> will apt4rpm work with Suse?  i am guessing that mp3's and dvd's play 
> easily?  or will i have to update the features myself?
>
> Preston
>

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