kwhiskers wrote:
On 16/11/05, *Rahul Sundaram* <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:sundaram@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>I think up2date is still exerting a confusing influence over
people new
>to Fedora. Hopefully soon enough something with a similar UI based on
>"yum inside" will replace it and the Add/Remove packages app and the
>confusion will go away.
I use yum, plus occasionally, I will use straight rpm. This works fine
for me.
One SUPREME drawback I have found to all of the package managers like
yum, synaptic and up2date is that they only update the programs you have
on your system.
What if I want to get some new programs that I don't yet have? There are
1000s of programs on the official fedora discs and on extras, but there
is no way for me to know what they are, so how could I know whether I
want to install them, or even know that they exist, unless I scan the list?
I have spent hours scanning the directories, manually typing rpm -qip
package.rpm for HUNDREDS of files, just to find out more and get a
COUPLE of nice gems. At least KPackage lets you have some information
about a program, but still, you need to look at each and every one.
Even what freshrpms and rpmforge do, giving a one-line description (very
inadequate, but better than nothing) helps a LOT.
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kwhiskers{
This is why I like yumex (in extras). I can go to the install and
look at what is available. I can search for games (for my kids you
understand) and get a list.
I have tried smart but I have not had enough time to learn it so I am
sticking with yumex for now.
