[Gnumed-devel] Use of alien on debian packages was: Which distributions (distros) of Linux

[James Busser]

Andreas, you had posted at GnuMed

> Normally the suggestion is:
>
>      Debian for Servers
>      SuSE/RedHat/Mandrake for Clients
>
>  > could you 'apt-get install gnumed' on any rpm-based distro like
>  > Suse or Redhat.
>
> To clarify this: There is apt4rpm and I do not use nor know it but 
> my knowledge about apt4rpm is that it is FOR RPM at the name says. 
> That means you need RPMs first and then you can use it so Debian 
> packages are of no use here - except you would like to use alien. 
> But this all might go much more into the detail a beginner who is 
> asking for a distribution might want to hear.

An IT support person who is going to help me install both OSCAR and 
GnuMed asked

> I would be OK to use Debian, but I rather like the polished look of SuSe
> - it does seem to be one of the most "professional" distros.  It is
> possible to convert DEB packages to RPM via Alien
> (http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/), though I'm not sure how well
> this would work with the apps in question.

Would you expect problems with alien?