deb/apt vs rpm/yum - was Re: preferred linux distro for workstation usage?

[rpug-vYTEC60ixJUAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Ryan Pugatch)]

On 9/13/10 5:03 PM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> The huge win for deb/APT in my eyes is the option to upgrade from release
> to release without reinstalling.
>
> I have done this using Yum on Fedora, but it's not a straightforward
> process the way it is on Debian/Ubuntu.  The twice yearly reinstallation of
> Fedora is a bit tiresome.


On Fedora, typically you use preupgrade to do your upgrades.  I have had 
good luck with it in the past.  I have had problems with upgrading 
between Ubuntu versions.