____/ [H]omer on Friday 29 June 2007 15:53 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Oldtech spake thusly:
>
>> Get linux. 315 FREE at http://livecdlist.com
>>
>> What is amazing is that there are included up to 1900 programs:
>> games, applications, suites!
>
> It's way more than that:
>
> ~]$ cat allpackages.en.txt | head -n 6
> All Debian Packages in "stable"
>
> Last Modified: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:00:12 +0000
> Copyright (C) 1997-2005 SPI;
> See <URL:http://www.debian.org/license> for the license terms.
>
> ~]$ expr $(cat allpackages.en.txt | wc -l) - 6
> 20133
A long way to go before Debian catches up with Micorosft, which boasts
114,000 'packages' that are remotely installable. No need for intervention
even, it's like telepathy. No repos either. They are dynamic, depending on
where the botnet takes you...
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