meeting topic (s)

[JJ Neff]

I would be happy to compare and contrast URPMI and APT-GET.  I have learned to
love them both.

Since I was a Debian user exclusively it was much more natural for me to use
urpmi from the cmd line.  Heck I always start drakconf fom the cmd line to see
what's "really" happening.

Making a meeting is the only hard part now.  I have one more class and a thesis
for my masters. A second child due in Nov. and my Grandma won't be with us very
long (that was this past Sundays major event).

Looking ahead though I really want to do my Thesis on somethign relted to Linux
or Open SOurce in general . I may do a project looking at how our company can
leverage OSS to increase profits and reduce costs.  Oh that woudl mean I would
have to use Linux and other software at work exclusively for a time :-) (as if
I don't hehehe)

JJN
--- Scott Lawton <green_man at bluefrog.biz> wrote:
> On 5/17/03 11:00 AM, Cyber Source wrote:
> 
> > Some ideas for the meeting topics;
> >
> > 1. Anthony, could you bring your box that has the acidrip on it? I 
> > really want to get that dvd ripping thing going.
> > 2. For the Debian guys, I am interested in the features for updating 
> > packages that take you out of dependency hell. I am assuming your 
> > referring to the apt package? There is an apt package for RedHat, but 
> > I haven't had time to play with it yet. What I am looking to do is, 
> > since I am pretty much married to RedHat at this point (don't really 
> > want to /have the time to, learn a new distro) is try and use this apt 
> > package, if that is what it is, to download new software without the 
> > dependency hell. So, Debian guys, if there is a new package out there, 
> > say distro independent, you have no problem getting all the required 
> > packages with Debian/Apt? I would love to check it out, someone bring 
> > a box with Debian so we can see.
> > Thanks, see you tomorrow, 1:00-4:00
> > -- 
> > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
> >
> I had read last fall that apt get had been ported over to RedHat and 
> Mandrake, and was going to ask JJNeff to give a talk on apt get and 
> urpmi because he was a Debian user who seemed to be familiar with them, 
> but that's when my domain name changed, and I lost all my NFLUG messages 
> becuase it took me a few months to figure out how to get the 'domo to 
> send to the new one.
> 
> So, that sounds good to me.
> 
> -- 
> "We're all mentally ill - some people just hide it better than others."
> Stephen King 
> 
> Scott
> Mozilla 1.0 mail on Windows 98 SE
> 
> 
> 


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