[CS-FSLUG] A new distro model for the real-world desktop
Stephen J. McCracken
smccracken at hcjb.org.ec
Thu Jan 1 11:37:05 CST 2009
> Principle: if installing software is made harder and not easier,
> even if it nets a more secure, stable system, you won't get users to
> adopt it. Linux is already harder to install software on than Mac OS X
> or Windows, though at the net gain of easy updates. If you can keep the
> easy updates *and* make it easier to install, you go a long way towards
> a real world desktop.
How is "apt-get install openoffice" harder than others? Or using
synaptic to check a box and have it install with all dependencies?
(Just wondering at your thought process.)
>> hardware age. We could label them perhaps "Infra", "Chroma", and
>> "Ultra", in order to avoid denigration of those who prefer the
>> oldest. Right now I would put GUI 'links' in "Infra", and Firefox 3
>> in "Chroma" and "Ultra".
>
> Very interesting idea. I suppose relatively analogous to the Debian
> arrangement?
That's what I thought, too (basically taking the Debian approach, here).
sjm
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