CentOS vs Ubuntu was Re: Easy to use/install (was Re: [Novalug] Community contribution)

[Beartooth]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, greg pryzby wrote:
>
>> The question I would have is does yum come with and is it part 
>> of the distro or is it a 3rd party addon?
>> 
>> Not much of a difference, but a difference to me.
>> 
>
> Yum is a built-in part of Fedora and Centos (Enterprise Linux). 
> It was invented, I believe, by the Yellow Dog Linux distro - a 
> Red Hat derivative for PPC.  At least, that is where I first 
> saw it.  That predated Enterprise Linux (Redhat 7.x days).

 	In fact, yum is an acronym for Yellowdog Updater, 
Modified. It was written at Terrasoft, from whom I bought an 
ibook with Yellowdog Linux on it in the summer of '02 -- and it 
wasn't new then. The machine came with YDL 2.3 installed, 
alongside just enough OSX to give that a fair trial.

> There is an apt-rpm 3rd party addon which works just like apt.

 	I grabbed some cross-combo with Ubuntu 7.10's synaptic; 
but I haven't gotten around yet to trying it, much less whether 
it enables yum.

>> also, if it is the same, welcome to the game, just 10 years 
>> late ;)
>
> Yes, apt was first, and was the inspiration for Red-carpet, 
> yum, and other high level package managers for RPM.  But not by 
> 10 years.

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