[huskerlug] Re: Mepis vs SuSE
- From: Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:00:17 -0500
I almost always used Synaptic with apt-get, though on rare
occasions I would use apt-get alone. I have always used it on
SuSE, usually on Kanotix and Knoppix, and always on Mepis. I
think when I tried a complete upgrade on Mepis, it turned it into
junk. However, on individual files it always worked, except with
Acroread (Acrobat) 7.0 and then no pdf files could be read.
Apparently it kept my older acroread around, because when I
removed 7.0, it seemed to revert back to an older version, and
worked again.
There's not enough quality control on apt-get for SuSE, as I
mentioned, Bibletime 1.5 didn't work right. When it comes to the
desktop, Mepis is very satisfactory, and if I had to chose
between Mepis and SuSE, and could only have one on a hard-disk,
it would end up being Mepis. I don't have to make that choice, at
the moment, however.
Jerry Kreps wrote:
> On Thursday 18 August 2005 03:28, Jim Worrest wrote:
>> apt-get for SuSE is the Venus Fly trap for Linux users,
>> though. You buzz around it, and get some programs you really want, and
>> then unexpectedly it snaps you, crushes your set-up.
>
> Apt-get is a Venus Fly trap for Knoppix and Kanotix, too. IMO, one reason=
> =20
> why MEPIS is so good is that Synaptic is a VERY stable gui front end to=20
> apt-get. In my own experience is it very easy to blow up Knoppix or=20
> Kanotix by using apt-get. Apt-get can crash in the middle of an install an=
> d=20
> leave your database in an unrepairable situation. Also, merely install a=
> =20
> KDE application that was made using KDE libraries older or newer than the=20
> version of KDE presently installed and you will see some amazing fireworks!=
> =20
>
> I tried to install a version of BIbletime on Knoppix 3.7 using apt-get. =
> =20
> Apt-get told me it needed to replace several files and install 3 or 4 - I=20
> don't remember exactly how many any more. After replacing two or three fil=
> es=20
> it paused on the next and asked if I wanted to replace it. Nothing else. =
> I=20
> said yes. Suddenly it displays a msg saying it was removing 400 files. I=
> =20
> watched, afraid to do anything but let it go, as the names of those files=20
> flew by. Then, it said it was going to install 435 files. Those names fl=
> ew=20
> by too. Then it installed Bibletime. When it was done I was asked to=20
> restart the xserver.
> I did, and I was presented with the latest version of KDE (at the time). =20
> Everything worked beautifully. I was impressed. A couple days later,=20
> installing another app, I was asked the same thing. Why not? Files flew,=
> =20
> but when it was all over, the new version of KDE had been replaced by the=20
> older version, and I restarted the xserver. The results were disastrous. =
> =20
> The installation was trashed and only a complete reinstall would restore a=
> =20
> working Linux distro. =20
>
>> =A0 =A0 I'm not sure about server side of things, but Mepis works just as
>> well, I would say better than SuSE when it comes to the desktop.
>
> I've been running MEPIS since 3.0 was released and I've used Synaptic doze=
> ns=20
> of times with no problems. The combination of MEPIS, Synaptic and the=20
> Debian repositories are an unbeatable combination.
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