From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 12/26/25 19:56, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:49:28 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >   
   >> The BIG differences between distributions are - initd vs systemd - RPM   
   >> vs apt   
   	   
   	There are several other init systems in use as well though only the   
   discerning   
   can understand the differences in results.   
      
   >   
   > Well, sort of.  There are .deb and .rpm packages.  The Apt Package Tool   
   > uses .deb packages. Most Debian derived distros I'm familiar with use   
   > apt.   
   >   
   > There is a RPM Package manager that uses .rpm files (surprise), but there   
   > are frontends for it too. Fedora did use yum but now uses dnf. /usr/bin/   
   > yum is a symlink to dnf.  OpenSUSE has zypper and a couple of other .rpm   
   > based distros have their own package managers.   
      
   	PCLinuxOS has been using Synaptic with .rpm packages for a long time   
   but it   
   seems it will going to DNF which seems less capable than Synaptic from   
   my very   
   limited POV.   
      
   >   
   > Then there is Arch Linux and pacman. That's the odd one. Rather than dnf   
   > update or apt update is pacman -Syu, with a similar syntax for installs.   
   > There are ways, not recommended, to use .deb or .rpm packages in Arch. I'm   
   > not that brave. Then there is the yay frontend to the Arch User Repository   
   > (AUR) that's more like automating building a tarball.   
   >   
   > There's probably other schemes given the 100+ distros.   
      
   	Some distros are built around a completely different package manager or   
   aspire   
   to "immutability" which I find a dubious and slippery concept.   
      
   >   
   > You also missed the other big food fight, Wayland vs. x11.   
   >   
   	It continues with a small group working on another x11 replacement.   
   Wayland is supposed to support all of X11 functions but the demanding   
   users know that it falls short in some areas.   
      
   bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2026- Linux 6.12.63-pclos1- KDE Plasma   
   6.5.4   
      
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