Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 12, 2002 11:51 PM
Lindows has one good point: It's tough for Linux newbies to find and install software. Current package managers aren't really Grandma-proof.
How hard would it be to script in something (using apt-get or rpm or whatnot) that would be able to show a list of software and install it for you?
I don't know if this could be purely web based or if you'd install a program that could interact with the web based interface (that would keep track of which packages you have installed), but this would definitely make life easier for technophobes who need computers for some stuff, don't like Microsoft, but are scared of "breaking their computer" (like my in-laws).
Yes, power users would probably never deign to use such a feature. But when the gurus say that non-gurus should "just use M$", they are putting money in Billy G's pocket and helping him in his battle to crush OSS.
It could be our own little Linux Add/Remove Programs interface for newbies and comporate users. But done right.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 12, 2002 11:51 PMHow hard would it be to script in something (using apt-get or rpm or whatnot) that would be able to show a list of software and install it for you?
I don't know if this could be purely web based or if you'd install a program that could interact with the web based interface (that would keep track of which packages you have installed), but this would definitely make life easier for technophobes who need computers for some stuff, don't like Microsoft, but are scared of "breaking their computer" (like my in-laws).
Yes, power users would probably never deign to use such a feature. But when the gurus say that non-gurus should "just use M$", they are putting money in Billy G's pocket and helping him in his battle to crush OSS.
It could be our own little Linux Add/Remove Programs interface for newbies and comporate users. But done right.
Tzephtan
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