apt-get for Red Hat/RPM based distributions
 

Everyone should switch to RedHat 7.2 <b>right now</b>. I just found (and am installing packages with!) apt for Red Hat. apt = A Package Tool and is the basis for Debian's awesome distro. Well, now apt handles RPM's through a port. You can find the RPM here:

http://rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/freshr...rh7x.i386.html

For Red Hat 7.x machines. Install that, then do this:

apt-get update

and then you can apt-get install away!

Try

apt-get install bitchx

to install BitchX and its dependencies. Nice, eh? Very very cool. :)

Anyway. I recommend this for those wanting to try it out - it's definitely working nice for me, and right now I feel I have the best of both worlds - Red Hat w/SMP, plus Debian's apt utility. Very cool.

wonder if it'll work with mandrake....
worth a shot

The only thing that keeps me with Debian is apt-get. So, if apt-get works with Redhat as well as it does in Debian, i'm sold.

And if it does work as well, then it should definitely go into the main distribution.

Well, you know how big of a fan of Debian I am. Personally, I prefer their filesystem layout as well, but Red Hat's is pretty alright. Anyway, I am definitely very very impressed. Since I'm setting up this new box still, there was a lot I needed to install - and I've been apt-getting it now.

Jaggy - Probably. Definitely worth a shot (I giggled with delight as it downloaded and installed BitchX for me last night). I think it would probably work.

One thing to note is that the integration of apt with Debian is superior to anything on the RPM side - it's not <b>as good</b>, but it's pretty close. For instance, in Debian, if you do an

apt-get install ircd

it will download, install and start the ircd daemon. In Red Hat, I do believe you'll need to start the daemon yourself. But that's a minor problem. I'm definitely very excited about this.