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#11
Originally Posted by egoshin View Post
I _NEVER_ had a problem with RPMs in SuSE KDE YaST. Because I can look into full environment and it never try to hide something from me.
Umm... sorry if i caused confusion.
I just shortened red pill mode into RPM. I didn't say anything about the package format
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Originally Posted by MrGrim View Post
Umm... sorry if i caused confusion.
I just shortened red pill mode into RPM. I didn't say anything about the package format
I understand. Actually I wanted to point to YaST package manager. It is close to synaptic but with better interface (simpler to look - description, dependencies, file contents and versions available are seen almost automatically). Some hyperlink could be a plus but never implemented.

The diffs between RPM and deb is a different story.
 
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Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
come back btching about missing red pill only after you have destroyed your os by installing wrong package when in red pill mode. I've done it once by mistake and it was as simple as 1-2-3 (e: as easy as installing Amazon widget). I don't miss it a bit and yes, I know how to avoid destroying your os when using red pill mode...
Originally Posted by Lazarpandar View Post
Redpill was more convenient, that should be enough to keep it in my opinion.
Although I previously created a pointless thread, for whining about red pill, the only functionality I ever needed from it is the ability to install LOCAL .debs.

Hunting packages in red pill mode is truly stupid especially if you're not a developer and don't know what they do... most of them don't do anything but bricking since they're probably parts of a bigger project, that you as a user know nothing about.

I repeat, this is not a red pill thread!
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Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
come back btching about missing red pill only after you have destroyed your os by installing wrong package when in red pill mode. I've done it once by mistake and it was as simple as 1-2-3 (e: as easy as installing Amazon widget). I don't miss it a bit and yes, I know how to avoid destroying your os when using red pill mode...
You can easily destroy your device by installing packages from extras-devel (or extras-testing, or extras). I guess that the next step is disabling of packages not signed by Nokia. Then all we need is for Nokia not to sign rootsh and we have an iphone.
 

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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
...all we need is for Nokia not to sign rootsh and we have an iphone.
YUCK!
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as i see from poll results i am in majority[so far] - (OT) not happening very often heh

xterm is alright - liking it more and more
and we all should learn linux commands - obvious
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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
You can easily destroy your device by installing packages from extras-devel (or extras-testing, or extras). I guess that the next step is disabling of packages not signed by Nokia. Then all we need is for Nokia not to sign rootsh and we have an iphone.
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Originally Posted by bald.eagle.one View Post
as i see from poll results i am in majority[so far] - (OT) not happening very often heh

xterm is alright - liking it more and more
and we all should learn linux commands - obvious
cheers!
In spite of the blindly leading wording of the poll, no less. I <3 this community.

This is not the solution to the "problem". The solution to the problem is improving App Man and the repo process. Support progressive policies and practice.
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Originally Posted by bald.eagle.one View Post
as i see from poll results i am in majority[so far] - (OT) not happening very often heh

xterm is alright - liking it more and more
and we all should learn linux commands - obvious
cheers!
You shouldn't unless there's a little programer/hacker inside you that wants to tweak eg. starcraft on maemo...
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Originally Posted by ossipena View Post
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Do you want me to upload a package with rm -rf / in postinst?

It is so obvious that installing a package might damage your filesystem. But this is true regardless of the package coming from a repository or from your local file system. The decision to only allow packages from repositories does nothing for security.
 
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