[ale] Some days are worse than others

[timothy@meanor.net]

[snip]
> Debian-based systems are quite different in terms of setup from Red Hat >based systems, but the tradeoffs are well worth it once you've learned >about them.  There is a lot of forethought that went into everything >from >the package management system to the various little things that you >have >(like the alternatives system in Debian/Ubuntu
[snip]

FYI - Red Hat and Fedora have the alternatives system as well.  

-Tim