Manage Packages Using Stow 234
dW writes "This article is about Stow, a software installation management utility for Linux that offers a number of advantages over the tried-and-true Red Hat and Debian package management systems. With Stow, you can package applications in standard tar files and keep application binaries logically arranged for easy access."
Stow - slow (Score:1, Funny)
It's all in the name (Score:1, Funny)
The truth... (Score:0, Funny)
Everything else is as good as CAB files
Re:Have you tried Gentoo's Emerge (Score:2, Funny)
best of both worlds? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't see what's wrong with that... Personally, I keep a lot of miscellaneous documents in `/home/$user/Docs'.
I can't stand the way in Windows everything is "My" this and "My" that... It's like it's made by Fisher Price for 3rd graders... I guess that would explain the new look in XP :)
Re:Have you tried Gentoo's Emerge (Score:2, Funny)
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We are Locutus of Gentoo. Binary distribution is futile. Your sources will be assimilated.
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In A.D. 2003
Distro-War was beginning.
Red Hat: What happen ?
Mandrake: Somebody set up us the shiznit
Debian: We get signal
Red Hat: What !
Debian: Main irssi screen turn on
Red Hat: It's You !!
Gentoo: How are you gentlemen !!
Gentoo: All your sources are belong to Portage
Gentoo: You are on the way to irrelevancy
Red Hat: What you say !!
Gentoo: You have no chance to survive make your time
Gentoo: HA HA HA HA
Red Hat: Take off every 'rpm'
Red Hat: You know what you doing
Red Hat: mv 'rpm'
Red Hat: For great justice
bah (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Have you tried Gentoo's Emerge (Score:3, Funny)
i'll say. I installed Woody for my wife and in the end it just core dumped.