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Originally posted by Oberjaeger
Just to clear things up. .rpms and .debs are two forms of packages used in *nix.
Under windows you get a program as an .exe file, under *nix you'll get something like a .deb or .rpm. |
I get it. So they're like the windows compiled executables.
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With *nix the philosiphy is that you put only whats necessary in a package and tell the package what other programs it needs to run with. .debs have, imo, the best way of handling this without you having to sit there installing other packages that you need by hand. |
Interesting. I like that concept.
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Another great thing about debian is that all .debs have to comply with certain standards.
If the original developer of a program decided that he wants his log files to go to /usr/share/foo/bar/log and his conf files into /tmp/stuff/important then the .deb maintainer will change that so that the files are where they should be. |
Kewl. So the control is in the OS (debian maintainer) and not so much in the program. Windows certainly isnt like that. Heck, install the wrong program and it goes free nillywilly and does whatever it wants! If you're trying to turn me on to Debian... it's working. hehe.