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Old 12th June 2008
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The real pitfall isn't the more or less addon yum, but rpm. Some more seasoned users already know the term 'rpm hell' back from the nineties and its true today. rpm v5 (see OpenPKG) is more advanced, but Red Hat sticks with v4. Maybe we will see the more advanced version in future.

There are better package management systems (faster, more dependable and more error-free) like apt-get/aptitude, pacman in ArchLinux or portage in Gentoo. And if you like KISS, then FreeBSD ports or pkgsrc is the best option available. Anything rpm-based isn't bad at all, but inferior to any other available system. So it isn't a matter of mere choice, it's a matter of efficiency. Of course, it's not a blow against Centos or any other distro using rpm, but in the end most peoples choices are based on the package management system. People are choosing Slackware because of the lack of dependencies, some are choosing Debian because of the mighty apt-get/aptitude and its full-blown configuration and so on.
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