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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) |
| Date | 2019-04-17 13:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <xNQBY-5Cn-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <xNA49-3Ex-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xNAdQ-3HK-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <xNAdQ-3HK-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 04/16/2019 12:36 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > On 4/16/19 10:32 AM, Michael Stone wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 06:27:34PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote: >>> There are 3 main ways to install packages, I have tried to explain this >>> in the presentation as >>> >>> Apt - 1.8.0 - command line tool (universal) >>> Gnome-packagekit - used for gnome desktop environment >>> Synaptic - 0.84.5 used for most other Desktop Environment(s) >> >> There's also aptitude, which actually works well. >> > > FYI, Synaptic is not available in Debian Buster. There is an important implication of that. If Synaptic (or an acceptable alternative) is not available then there are users who wait for a usable Debian (or other) release. I for one. I use MATE, IIRC I skipped a release after Gnome3 presented an unacceptable UI.
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A few questions (buster and presentation) Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-04-16 19:30 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-04-16 19:40 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2019-04-16 19:40 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-04-17 13:10 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-16 21:10 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-04-16 21:10 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-16 21:50 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-04-16 19:50 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-16 20:20 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-04-16 21:10 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-16 21:40 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-21 14:30 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2019-04-17 04:00 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-17 08:50 +0200
Re: A few questions (buster and presentation) Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> - 2019-04-17 09:30 +0200
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