Differences between Synaptic and apt-get?
 

Since I'm new to the debian family, I'm not really too sure on how the package management system works. Is synaptic the same thing as apt-get, except graphical?

As much I have heard, yes. You you use kde you can also use their packaging program (kpackage I think it is).

The Advanced Packaging Tool (APT) was created to manage dependencies and upgrades for Debian's package management system known as dpkg. Originally, APT was used on the terminal with the simple commands (apt-get) to retrieve, remove,or upgrade packages.

Synaptic and KPackage are graphical programs used to manipulate APT for various purposes. While these programs simplify package management for graphical users, they in no way remove the underlying functionality and power of APT/dpkg, arguably the best package system in existence. Apt is such a fine tool that Connectiva created a port called apt-rpm for RPM based distros. However, the sheer size of Debian's repositories plus strict policies and thorough auditing of packages makes it a winner.

However, that's just my opinion. :)

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ap.../index.en.html

apt, aptitude, synaptic
 

apt is great, but there is still some little problem in the dependency, for example, if you install a package that need 1 or more packages that isn't already installed, it works when you install it, but whe'n you remove it, it only remove the package and not the other dependencies that point only to him... aptitude can do this job.
For synaptic, it's just a graphical front-end... but i don't know if its more apt or aptitude-like