Aptitude vs Synaptic
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[edit] User Interface
- Synaptic has a GTK user interface
- Aptitude is used in the command line interface/ncurses (Aptitude's GTK interface is going to be merged into its source code soon http://algebraicthunk.net/~dburrows/blog/entry/aptitude-gtk-status-a-visual-tour/)
[edit] Characteristics
- Synaptic is good for beginners of debian-based operating systems
- Aptitude delivers more options if dependencies need to be solved
