He is trying to make me drink the Koolaid

and i'm not sure if I want to drink it

the sysadmin guy here is a big debian apt-get kind of a guy. that's all good. however, he's evangalizing why it's better then rpms, red-carpet, etc. i'm not sure i want to be drinking this koolaid, all i know for sure is that i want to get productive ASAP ! ! !