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Ubuntu's trust problem in 4 concrete issues - verified facts, no FUD (media.piefed.social)

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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't apt still better at resolving the dependency tree than other managers? (Idk if it is, but vaguely heard so.)

[–] atomicStan@programming.dev 2 points 14 hours ago

IIRC, historically, it was (one of) the first to do so. It took a significant time for (most^[Slackware, famously, continues to not have a dependency resolver. Though, they got their reasons.]) others to catch up.

still

Maybe. I honestly don't know either.