<div>This leads me to ask general question, why do people say that rpm is bad but .debs are better ?</div>
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<div>In what way is rpm better/worse than .deb ?<br></div>
<div>Also why is Arch Linux not that famous ?</div>
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<div>I hope I have not opened pandoras box.</div>
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<div>-Narahari<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">It's an RPM distro. Which means, despite it being otherwise great,<br>it's an abhorrent nightmare to deal with.<br>
<div class="im"><br>On Monday, February 14, 2011, Narahari 'n' Savitha <<a href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com">savithari@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I have SLED. It is what I have to use. The way I understand from the pics I sent, system is looking for an ent. cd instead of going online to look for the packages.<br>
><br>> I just want to tell SLED, that instead of CD go to the gatech or novell site (since I am using ent and not open suse).<br>><br>> One more thing, is SLED close to Redhat in terms of package aka rpm's or close to .deb's.<br>
><br>> Like if a software can be installed on Redhat (in my case MyEclipse) can it be instaled on SLED ? What do I need to do for this to work right ?<br>><br>> Thank you for your time and attention.<br>><br>
> -Narahari<br><br></div>--<br>James Sumners<br><a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/" target="_blank">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br><br>"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts<br>
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it<br>is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>
<br>Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>CH:D 59<br>
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