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Desktop & Desktop Apps

2005-08-15       - By Tim Edwards

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taroon-list@(protected) wrote:

> Is anybody aware of a fink-like or portage-like or any-other-fancy-new
> distribution system that can augment the way packages/applications are
> installed ? What would/do you, other RHEL users, do or use ?

What's wrong with just using the KDE and GNOME packages that come with
it? This is what most Linux users (with any distribution) do - one of
the main reasons for having distros at all is to avoid the pain and
difficulty of compiling stuff from source.


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