Debian & APT - Why I love it
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| I don’t want to say its the best, but I’ve been using Debian, Ubuntu and
| other APT based Linuxes for years now. Ubuntu on desktop PC’s and Debian on
| Servers (only because I have a few servers already on Debian and keeping all
| identical is worth doing). I don’t run GUI’s on my servers.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/danj/2008/02/12/debian-apt-why-i-love-it/
APT is brilliant. And for those who prefer to compile:
[llvm-announce] LLVM 2.2 Release!
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| LLVM 2.2 includes hundreds of bug fixes, many improvements to llvm-gcc 4.2
| (which is now the recommended front-end), a new (beta) Cell SPU backend,
| and a large variety of optimizer and codegen changes that allow LLVM 2.2
| to produce even better code than before. LLVM 2.2 has compiled many
| millions of lines of C, C++ and Objective C code, and the llvm-gcc 4.2
| Ada and Fortran front-ends are even starting to work.
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http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-announce/2008-February/000025.html
Related:
Aptitude vs Apt-Get
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| Aptitude is just superior to apt-get in every way, shape, and form. Better
| dependency handling. Better curses application. Better options. ONE tool.
| Better stdout formatting. The list goes on and on. I see constantly, on
| forums, IRC and email, the use of apt-get. We need to better educate our
| brethren and sisters about the proper use of tools, and show them the
| enlightened way of aptitude. I’ve been using aptitude since I first learned
| about it, ad will continue to do so the remainder of my Debian/Ubuntu days.
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http://www.pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/
Simple Package management with Synaptic Package Manager in Ubuntu
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| Synaptic is a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing software
| packages on Debian-based distributions.
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http://www.debianadmin.com/simple-package-management-with-synaptic-package-manager-in-ubuntu.html
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| All of this can be accomplished in Debian as follows:
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| apt-get install kerry
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| Phew, that was tricky. I can see why those windows guys find Linux
| sooo difficult. It is waaaaay easier to go to some random website,
| download an installer, pray that it is safe, double-click on the
| installer, click "Yes, I do agree to all of these outrageous license
| terms and I don't mind that it includes spyware, and adware", click
| Next, Next, Next, and finally reboot a couple of times.
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http://benhay.blogspot.com/2006/11/thing-about-beagle.html
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