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Subject: deb/apt vs rpm/yum - was Re: preferred linux distro for workstation usage?
From: blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org (Edward Ned Harvey)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:16:09 -0400
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> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On
> Behalf Of Ben Eisenbraun
> 
> Red Hat/CentOS is a lovely server distribution, but has rather stale
> packages for a desktop machine.  I suppose Red Hat 6 will solve this
> for a
> while.  It has some of the same problems with proprietary software
> though.

I don't think the argument is in favor of RHEL/Centos as a desktop.  I think
it's Fedora vs Ubuntu.  Personally, I think each one of these is very good.

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- preferred linux distro for workstation usage?
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- deb/apt vs rpm/yum - was Re: preferred linux distro for workstation usage?
  - From: rpug-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Ryan Pugatch)
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