[wplug] Libranet 2.8

[Ivan Jager]

Can you use up2date without paying anything? Did they make the tools 
available so that you can set up your own pup2date repostory with your 
own packages? Can you set up your own mirror of their packages? Last I 
knew the answer was no to all of these questions. Supposing the answers 
are yes now, is there any reason I would want to switch back?


On 2003.02.06 12:58 "Vanco, Donald" wrote:
> Mr. David Bersson wrote:
> <snip>
> > Storm-Linux 2000 takes hours of upgrading (with a 56) but runs
> nicely,
> > and is easy to manage. I've completely upgraded it, right
> > from x-windows to the latest icewm. Being Debain based, its
> > easily upgraded. I also deleted the old lilo and put in Grub for my
> > bootloader.
> <snip>
> > I'm going to burn some copies of my Storm-Linux cd's and
> > attempt to trade anyone on this e-group who likes Debian
> > and has other distros of Debian.
> 	Is it easy to make "updated" install images of Debian distros?
>  It's
> fairly trivial with Red Hat (insert/replace RPMs, run "genhdlist",
> burn new
> disk(s) ).  I'd like to try an updated Storm, but have no desire to
> attempt
> to upgrade over a 24.4 connection from Hooterville.
> 
> > I won't use RPM based Distros. Debian is much more easily
> > upgradable and very smooth to work with.
> 	You don't use RPM based distros but know that Debian is easier
> to
> work with.  Interesting.  The current iteration of RPM has, as far as
> my
> admittedly limited Debian experience goes, every capability that apt
> and
> other Debian tools provide.  There was a time (and not that long ago)
> that
> apt really had much more to offer than RPM, but in the hands of a
> skilled
> user that is no longer the case.  Perhaps there's a power user out
> there
> that's uses both with regularity that will comment - but I've yet to
> hear
> from one.  Most Debian users have "never looked back" and are
> therefore
> unaware of the maturation of RPM.
> 	Up2date as a tool is a bit clunky if you don't have purchased
> entitlements to every system in your profile, but it's worth the
> trouble
> just to have the email facility to tell me of updates, and the
> one-stop
> point-n-click GUI to tell me which of my systems have known issues,
> and how
> deeply those issues may affect me.  Further, the Red Hat Network can
> be
> scheduled to push updates - I know of no such facility in Debian short
> of a
> cron job, and even that would lack the sophistication available via
> RHN.
> 	If you have no idea what I'm talking aboot see:
> http://rhn.redhat.com
> 
> 	RPM - it's doesn't suck half as much as it used to.
> 
> > For those who are unfamiliar with apt-get and such commands
> > they can easily read about it first in various places.
> 	I've looked over the docs @ Debian and been left kinda flat -
> has
> anyone written anything more "formal"?  Pointers appreciated.  I
> always die
> in the "7 Levels of Menu Hell" and it ticks me off to the point of
> losing
> interest.
> 
> Don
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