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> made package management easier That is quite the understatement. I can remember the shock and amazement that came over me the first time I used apt. It was o
by dfc 13y ago
> made package management easier
That is quite the understatement. I can remember the shock and amazement that came over me the first time I used apt. It was one of those computing moments that I will always remember.
Unfortunately I also remember being frightened whenever I had to read the XFree86 README and saw the section about video cards setting on fire.
- dman 13y agoapt still has that effect on me. Get new hardware and within 20 minutes youre on your way to have it setup exactly how you want it.
- dfc 13y agoI am actually a little embarassed by the extent of my Debian fanboyness. So even though I would like to shower apt with platitudes I think stellar hardware support is most likely the result of a kernel package that provides almost every kernel module turned on.[1] [1] And to a lesser extent xserver-xorg-{input-all|video-all}