* aptitude dist-uprade does different things to aptitude upgrade. I always use dist-upgrade and have no problems, I've had packages kept back when just using upgrade. Other people suggest other things.
Right. I might read the man on that.
* Use dpkg -l <packagespec> to get a list of installed packages matching packagespec. dpkg -l on it's own lists all packages installed
I think I've managed to get my head around some of the dpkg/aptitude related stuff. More to learn but I have the basics.
* configuration in /etc is different. No more /etc/sysconfig, etc. This will always take a while to come to grips with. Use dpkg -L <package> | grep /etc to list the files in /etc
Right. I've already played with some of those differences. The apache config is quite nice. Though apache2ctl seems not to do anything (except configtest). Is there anything like Redhat's "service" script or do I have to just use /etc/init.d/<service> <command>? I've started a RedHatToDebianNotes wiki node. Regards -- Oliver Jones > Roving Code Warrior > www.deeperdesign.com