On 30/11/2007, Jonathan Underwood <jonathan.underwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 29/11/2007, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Pup and yum on F7 are a pain. Often when the message is for 10 new > > updates I do it in a terminal. Either way it is quite slow. But it works. > > > > Ubuntu uses apt-get and a GUI thing like Pup but it works much > > better. I have no desire to do it in a terminal. When I set it up the > > first time it took 90 updates. I was amazed how fast it went and zero > > problems. There are several things not Fedora or normal Ubuntu > > applications that I MUST have. On Ubuntu they are all a simple # apt-get > > install and they do all the work bringing in the necessary libs and such. > > > > At this time I can say the Ubuntu update system is very superior to > > Pup and yum used on Fedora. I suggest Fedora look close at Ubuntu and > > see how to get it working here. > > > > You can use apt-get and synaptic with Fedora too. > > yum install apt-get synaptic that should be yum install apt synaptic
