Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Lubuntu vs. Xubuntu: Which Ubuntu flavor is right for you - my expert advice Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:05:20 +0100 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <10if6e3$kag3$1@dont-email.me> <10igm6l$10hm7$2@dont-email.me> <10igpir$1086g$16@dont-email.me> <20251226090654.00000d42@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net wV9gQxYJUDzHw7hanEpymQ6W6OCy3l/Bfp0nhmUj7GkxdFt2Po X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:blBr+Pz95oajraRDW6kGEwegz7A= sha256:0jl0mSvKoYdCHJR7y+Ce2x7bh1qftnjG4nhHnSbSYLE= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79951 On 2025-12-27 04:56, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:49:28 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: > >> The BIG differences between distributions are - initd vs systemd - RPM >> vs apt > > Well, sort of. There are .deb and .rpm packages. The Apt Package Tool > uses .deb packages. Most Debian derived distros I'm familiar with use > apt. > > There is a RPM Package manager that uses .rpm files (surprise), but there > are frontends for it too. Fedora did use yum but now uses dnf. /usr/bin/ > yum is a symlink to dnf. OpenSUSE has zypper and a couple of other .rpm > based distros have their own package managers. openSUSE had also YaST for managing packages visually. Now it has been deprecated, and replaced with "Myrlyn", I have no idea why. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;