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apt-getapt-getPosted Nov 6, 2003 2:40 UTC (Thu) by ladislav (guest, #247)In reply to: apt-get by zooko Parent article: Time to move from Red Hat to Debian? I did list "unmatched package installation and upgrade infrastructure" as one of the advantages. As any Debian developer will tell you, it is not just apt-get - after all apt-get has now been ported to RPM-based distributions too. It is the Debian's strictly enforced packaging policy that makes all the difference.
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debconf Posted Nov 6, 2003 16:15 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (guest, #3659) [Link] Absolutely! And apt-get is not where it ends. Debconf, which can be thought of as "configuration wizards done right", exists only in Debian, and makes maintenance and upgrading of config files and other options for many packages totally pain-free. It is one of many Debian advantages.config4gnu (mentioned at the link above) is trying to do this for many distros/OSes, but has been stalled at an early and unreleasable stage for many months...
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