[ILUG] Suggestions for best 64 bit Linux distro?

[nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie]

No, thats cool, I can dig your comments, Ill take back my original statement,
and make another :p, its too easy to make a mess with rpm, and is too time
consuming trying to sort out dependancies, At least when you are emerging you
can go off and do something else, In particular, I can remember having a bad
time trying to keep my python a perl environments up to date
. Something I've never had problems with while using gentoo, they even have a
special python script 'python-updater' to ensure your system is sane, and
portage doesnt get screwed,

Quoting "John P. Looney" <valen at tuatha.org>:

> On Wed, Jun 22, 2005 at 05:46:45PM +0100, nadir at compsoc.nuigalway.ie
> mentioned:
> > I totally agree with your point on apt having it's dependancies correct, I
> guess
> > I didnt phrase that sentance very well, but Ive had hell with rpm
>
>  That statement, I'd like to take issue with. The last time I've seen a
> bad RPM package from RedHat was one of the openssl updates that shipped
> with RedHat 7.1. Since then, it's been wonderful.
>
>  RPM, as long as you don't install something with --no-deps, or install
> some flaky package off the web, it works wonderfully. Combined with apt or
> yum, it's as good as anything out there.
>
>  It's Achilles-style strength is it's simplicity. It's easy to make RPMs,
> compared to debian packages. So everyone does. But, not everyone has a
> clue, and RPM does give you enough rope to hang yourself. So people do.
> They then let everyone download the same rope and hang themselves also.
>
>  Just like you shouldn't call windows crap if a user runs some dodgy code
> they found off the net, and it installs trojans, don't diss RPM just
> because you managed to screw it up yourself.
>
>  It would be nice if there was a "single source for RPM packages" that
> people could build packages, submit them to a maintainer, be flamed red
> for not adhering to LSB etc. - one killer advantage Debian and Gentoo have
> over RedHat, who are more into making it easy for everyone to make up
> their own package & let you download it from their webpage, with no Q&A at
> all.
>
> John
>
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