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10 Questions with Auke Kok

10 Questions with Auke Kok

Posted Jul 8, 2003 13:38 UTC (Tue) by erat (guest, #21)
Parent article: 10 Questions with Auke Kok

This guy balks at SuSE because development packages are not installed by default. I guess
it's easier to build a Linux distribution from the ground up than it is to run a few RPM
command lines.

Developers... SHEESH. :)


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10 Questions with Auke Kok

Posted Jul 8, 2003 15:23 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

As far as I know, SuSE doesn't include apt-rpm, so "a few" can actually be "a lot", especially for those who manage many systems.

10 Questions with Auke Kok

Posted Jul 8, 2003 17:12 UTC (Tue) by erat (guest, #21) [Link]

Multiply building/deploying a Linux distro by the number of machines being managed and
I'll guess that running RPM is less resource intensive, even if it must be run "a lot". It's a lot
easier to install software than it is to wipe a machine clean and start over from scratch with
a new distro.

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