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(Unverified)Jun 27th 2007 11:27AM

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I'm actually inclined to disagree. Using "apt-get" or "yum" is kind of nice since you don't have to actively search for what you want, but it has its flaws. If your repositories are old or they don't contain the program you're looking for then it's pretty much useless to you. Not every program under the sun is available through "apt-get" either. So for those programs you still need to go to the website and download the binaries (if you're lucky) or download the source code and compile it yourself. Then it tells you you're missing dependencies so you need to find them which leads to more dependency issues.

One of the main reasons I haven't completely switched to linux is the frequent hassle of installing and removing programs.

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