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Post #165,075 by tjsinclair 7/19/04 3:45:48 PM Reply	is it worth switching from Fink? I've heard good things about portage and wouldn't mind switching if there were obvious advantages. I likes them UNIX tools, I do. Tom Sinclair "While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe." Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance." -- Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
Post #165,092 by folkert 7/19/04 6:01:05 PM Reply	I don't know... At this point... I just don't know. I have had direct experience with portage, it's nice and all... Plus the package management of Gentoo isn't too shabby. All kinds of images float through my mind here with Gentoo doing this. Peter might have some words on it... Anything wrong with Fink? -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #165,101 by tjsinclair 7/19/04 7:57:18 PM Reply	Nothing really wrong with fink I'm just always open to the idea that someone else may have a better solution. That's what got me from Red Hat to Debian. Tom Sinclair "While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe." Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance." -- Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
Post #165,217 by danreck 7/20/04 6:11:13 PM 7/20/04 6:13:53 PM Reply	For certain instances... Fink can be replaced by Darwin Ports (ala BSD ports). It isn't an either/or proposition. I have a need for ethereal/Nessus on my OSX laptop and installed Darwin ports to follow the blogged intructions that follow: [link\|http://jackburton.blogspot.com/2004_06_20_jackburton_archive.html#108812624028993876\|http://jackburton.bl...08812624028993876] [link\|http://jackburton.blogspot.com/2004_06_27_jackburton_archive.html#108839046435386066\|http://jackburton.bl...08839046435386066] I still use Fink/Fink Commander for most apps (Gimp et al.) but apt-get type package managers abound. To say one is better than another is hard... My $.02 Just a few thoughts, Danno Edited by danreck July 20, 2004, 06:13:53 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #165,285 by tjsinclair 7/21/04 1:18:14 AM Reply	Thanks for the honest opinion I haven't tried DarwinPorts yet. So far fink gives me the tools I need. (ethereal, gnuplot, octave,etc.) Guess I'll stay put. Tom Sinclair "While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe." Treatle nodded. "I hadn't looked at it like that," he said, "But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance." -- Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)

Gentoo MacOS... (65K image) but good! - (folkert) - (5) - July 19, 2004, 02:06:19 PM EDT

is it worth switching from Fink? - (tjsinclair) - (4) - July 19, 2004, 03:45:48 PM EDT

I don't know... - (folkert) - (1) - July 19, 2004, 06:01:05 PM EDT

Nothing really wrong with fink - (tjsinclair) - July 19, 2004, 07:57:18 PM EDT

For certain instances... - (danreck) - (1) - July 20, 2004, 06:13:53 PM EDT

Thanks for the honest opinion - (tjsinclair) - July 21, 2004, 01:18:14 AM EDT

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