On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:08:17 -0500 Johnathan Bailes <johnathan.bailes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:05:00 +0100, Duncan Lithgow > <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Do people not think synaptic would be easier for a new linux user? I find it > > quite a lot easier than yum for uninstalling. > > > > Duncan > > > > -- > > A lot of people on the list really like this smart pm thing. > > Getting tired of yum and not wanting to do the apt4rpm thing again I > went out to try this. > > I installed smart, smart-update and smart-gui. > > OMG, it is soooo tight. > > The gui interface is a bit obtuse but the performance is great even > over Synaptic and completely faster than gyum. > > I did some test installs and removes. Wow. > > The only slow part is the updating of the cache before and after but > overall I honestly believe the RH/Fedora folks should look into > dedicating some resources to making this the next generation package > management system for Fedora. > > It is really that good imho. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I tried smart too and it is cool. I second your suggestion. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
