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Animate Dreams · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:03 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Phong, isn't yum(the package manager) in Fedora just a collection of searchable RPMs? I don't see any reason to go find the RPMs myself instead of using yum. Also, I'm using Fedora Core 6, not 5. Not that it really makes a huge difference.

phong · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

You can use yum but it will also locate/install dependencies sometimes for you as well. I like to see what packages an application is dependent upon incase I don't want them installed or upgraded. Also, yum has a select list of rpms, mainly based on the distro/version (like fc6). There are non distro specific rpms that you will want to install sometimes and wont be able to find the package using yum.

I still use yum for kernel updates and a few other packages that I don't want to mess with.

And the fedora "package manager" is not the same as yum.

phong · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:01 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I also thought this was an interesting comparison to what you posted blocks:

Cyan~Fire · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:21 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

It looks like it's judging by other properties than just size, which is good. Does it display any details about the RAM further down the window?
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