On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, [ISO-8859-1] Kolbj=F8rn Barmen wrote:

> > =09With respect to the base OS, or to additional packages?
> > =09The former I can well believe, but I've had no end of pain
> > =09finding the right RPM at times, and pkgsrc has been a blessing
> > =09in comparision.
>=20
> Because I know how to build my own rpms, and because I can grab srpm file=
s
> and compile and install them in one go. When I used netbsd on my amiga
> there were no package systems, and since I changed side I never saw a rea=
son
> to go back. There is nothing in netbsd I really miss, on the contrary I
> find the linux world alot more vivid and .. simly.. fun.

=09I can fully understand that - I know people who switched the other
=09way and have pretty much the same sentiments (in reverse :),
=09however its not exactly fair to compare package systems with=20
=09NetBSD as it was then to Linux as it is now :)

=09=09David/absolute