moin, moin,

http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=389&page=1

Looks like a decent intro to synaptic.

As I mentioned in the '10 years of debian' presentation I dislike GUI
interfaces, but synaptic rocks :).

His article on debian package management might also be interesting.

http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=327&page=1

ciao,

der.hans
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