Re: distros

["t.bedlam" <bedlam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 11:45:05AM -0400, Bruce Smith was only 
   escaped alone to tell thee:

> Debian uses a different package manager called DEB.  I've never used it,
> but I understand it has differences compared to RPM.  There was a BIG
> discussion on the differences between DEB and RPM on slashdot.org recently
> if you're interested.

BIG discussion or BIG flamewar? :) I'll check it out, thanks.

> > I have only the one computer, else I'd just install them one after
> > another.
> 
> You can have multiple Linux distributions on the same computer, disk space
> permitting.

Hmmm.... <sigh> I do have space, but... ah heck, I should probably think of
it. I wanted to try the GNU/Hurd anyway, this will give me space for it. But
I'll wait a little while, and enjoy a working config before I go resizing
partitions. (lotza wasted space in root)

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