On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Kenn Humborg wrote:
>> As it turns out .deb (and relations) are better
>> package formats (and debian can also install .rpm archives using alien).
>> It's a betamax v's VHS all over again. RH is popular, so .rpm is becoming
>> the de-facto standard for packages.
>>OK. I've heard this "deb is better" comment countless times,
>yet I've never seen anyone say why.
>>Does anyone have a URL that gives a real comparison between
>them?
http://kitenet.net/~joey/pkg-comp/
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