On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 07:58 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > I have seen messages posted on the Fedora oriented forums that imply > that "yum" is antiquated. Not being a Linux guru, I do not have the > experience to make a thorough evaluation, but so far it has been just > great. Some of the same people, among others, will also say APT is "not native" to RPM, and only works well for DPKG. In reality, it's really more about the repositories than the tools. Although SmartPM looks to finally remove a lot of the issues. I think the biggest gripe about YUM is the lack of a standard GUI, and YumEx has had compatibility issues in the past with newer YUM versions. SmartPM focuses on solving cross-repository issues and comes with a GUI as standard. All-in-all, use the tool that is supported by the distro. That is YUM. No, there is no GUI for it that is supported officially, hence some of the complaints. But I'm keeping my eye on SmartPM for the future. -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman