Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to group

You mistook what I said. I don't mind being wrong, but first check to make
sure what I said.

The comment said most *Linux* users and not Debian users use aptitude. My
point was not specific to Debian itself, but to distros that use the Debian
package management system of which Debian is not the largest by far. I like
aptitude, but the fact remains that it does not come pre-installed on Ubuntu
and Mint and many other large Debian based distros and Debian based distros
themselves are less than half of all distributions, most of which are RPM
based. So I was accurate that most *Linux* users do not use aptitude at all.
I would add that most users of apt do not use aptitude either. Over half of
those would use a GUI frontend and many of the commandline folks will use
apt-get or sometimes even apt-fast or dpkg. That is not a slight against
aptitude, but just reality. I know many people who personally who prefer
aptitude, but that does not change the situation. I know far more who use
the GUI, including most here.

This is off topic anyway. The original person wanted help on unzipping and I
am not sure why aptitude was even brought into it.

Roy

Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 28 February 2011 01:35, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
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> > Most Debian distro users do not use aptitude, but apt-get as an apt
> > frontend. Many Debian distributions do not even come with aptitude
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> > Roy
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> > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit
> > Location: Canada
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> A swing and a miss! STREE-IKE!
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> There are only 1 Debian distribution.
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> From:
> http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-uptodate.en.html
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> "aptitude is the recommended package manager for Debian GNU/Linux systems."
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> Now if they officially recommend it why wouldn't they include it? I've
> never had to manually install it, and have it on all of my Debian GNU/Linux
> systems. Sure sounds like a base default package to me.
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> Not every vanity distro floating around out there using deb as their
> package management system is Debian.
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AoOa-Fz2kw
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> Conner MacLeod obviously runs the real deal, Debian!
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