apt-get synaptic

[jb]

I selected repositories of earlier versions of redhat to see what apps were 
there. I was surprised there were so many but there weren't any of interest 
to me. Resetting the apt repositories back to redhat 9, I noticed it started 
fresh at getting the rpm headers similar to using
apt-get install -f
which flushes the headers.
I don't recommend using atrpms as a repository unless you try using the 
at-stable list, but I didn't have any luck with those. Here are the 
repositories I'm using for RH9 which are working great.
rpm http://apt.sw.be/ redhat/9/en/i386 DAG
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net/ redhat/9/i386 freshrpms
rpm http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/9.0 newrpms
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net/ redhat/9/i386 OS updates
The new kernel ( kernel#2.4.20-31.9 ) for rh9 was a snap to install. I wish 
the Nvidia driver was that easy to recompile.
I tried YUM but it wasn't as good and seemed slower compared to apt.
Anyone using other repositories with luck for rh9 and apt?
I'm also using rsync to keep the apt cache of rpms on my other HD along with 
an rsync of /home. A full system recovery is just a matter of loading 
everything back. I was going to make the rsync a cron job but it is so fast I 
would rather run it when I can keep an eye on it so I just su and copy paste 
when ever I feel itchy.
updatedb -v
rsync -avz --delete /var/cache/apt/archives/ /store/aptgetrpms/
rsync -avz --delete /home/ /store/homebackup1/
If anyone has anything to add please feel free, any info or opinions are 
greatly appreciated...
THX
JEB
www.mesimpleton.com
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