nntp got up from the bar and shouted: :
> When I say "control system" I mean easy to search, install, upgrade,
> uninstall.
>
> I tried FreeBSD package system. I think it is better than its port system,
> because it is quite easy to do pkg_delete, or pkg_add to the most recent
> stable.
>
> I did Debian aptitude, I was able to install package, but I can not find
> them in shell. I installed PHP and Apache, but I can not find PHP or HTTPD.
>
> What about CentOS's package system? Do they use RPM? I heard it is very bad.
>
> What about Gentoo? My VMware can not start the installation, so I did not
> try it.
>
>

I used to think that Gentoo had the best all round system, and
technically it still has, but the stable branch has so much unstable
rubbish in it, it's beyond belief. Whilst a system with so many
pacakges is never going to be 100% stable, you would think they would
take extra care over the popular packages before making them stable
(they should be able to get stats from the package servers, so to what
determines a "popular" package).

Perhaps they need several levels of stablility, a "super-stable" line of
packages.

If only they sorted it out, Gentoos Portage systems got real potential...