For the sanity of the list and its members take this to a private discussion. It's getting absurd here. Top posting warranted. this is no longer a functional thread, but a plague - a cancer if you will - on an otherwise useful list. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. KILL THIS THREAD. On 9/10/05, Edward Diener <eddielee at tropicsoft.com> wrote: > 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. > > Unlike Linux gurus, for whom the rest of the user world is like themselves, > there are a great many users who like ease of use and graphical applications and > yum is strictly command line. I know yumex exists but it does not come > automatically installed when one installs CentOS ( nor does Synaptic for that > matter ). So perhaps yum would be more popular if yumex, or whatever is the > popular GUI front end for yum now, were also installed, and added to the menu > system, when CentOS is installed. > > I have used both yumex and synaptic, and both have strengths and weaknesses. But > quite frankly I find Synaptic easier and clearer to use. I realize that for > experienced Linux users that argument holds no weight but for the casual Linux > desktop user it is very important. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Jim Perrin System Administrator - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center