I guess this my gripe in response to those who bemoan Lindows Click 'n run....
How many applications require me to download a file in a .tar.gz format - untar it, execute ./configure make and make install and hope that it doesn't puke all over the place? Compare this to Windows world where you run a program and it asks a few basic questions like what directory you want it and it's done. I rarely spend more than 10-15 minutes - and rarely even that long - installing Windows software - I have yet to install a downloaded program on Linux within 10-15 minutes - ok there is one outstanding exception.... Open Office - but even that one the first time took a bit as I found out I had to install Java runtime application. In short - while you can get software for free here and there it often isn't nearly as simple as Windows - having a feature like Click 'n Run helps deal with this problem and makes it a lot easier for the non-technical individual who doesn't want to spend 45 minutes installing software.
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Posted by: Rocky on July 13, 2002 12:52 AMHow many applications require me to download a file in a .tar.gz format - untar it, execute ./configure make and make install and hope that it doesn't puke all over the place? Compare this to Windows world where you run a program and it asks a few basic questions like what directory you want it and it's done. I rarely spend more than 10-15 minutes - and rarely even that long - installing Windows software - I have yet to install a downloaded program on Linux within 10-15 minutes - ok there is one outstanding exception.... Open Office - but even that one the first time took a bit as I found out I had to install Java runtime application. In short - while you can get software for free here and there it often isn't nearly as simple as Windows - having a feature like Click 'n Run helps deal with this problem and makes it a lot easier for the non-technical individual who doesn't want to spend 45 minutes installing software.
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