[Wlug] Smart package manager

[Andy Stewart]

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HI Everybody,

Those of you who attended the most recent WLUG meeting might remember me
complaining that the version of YaST on OpenSuSE 10.1 has a pathetically
slow program for handling software installation.  Greg Avedissian
mentioned the Smart package manager (http://labix.org/smart) as an
alternative, so I gave it a try.

The Smart package manager appears to be Linux distribution agnostic.  It
works on systems whose package management is based on RPM, APT, APT-RPM,
YUM, etc.

I tried it on my laptop, where I was having the most performance issues
with YaST's software handling program.  I am quite pleased with the
Smart package manager!  Thanks, Greg, for the recommendation!

I haven't yet installed the Smart package manager on my "good" system,
but I probably will if Novell doesn't fix YaST in OpenSuSE 10.2.  The
Smart package manager has found a permanent home on my laptop.

Funding for the development of the Smart package manager is being
supplied by Canonical Ltd., the same folks who are funding Ubuntu Linux.

Later,

Andy

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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org

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