Re: One more way to install appications on Linsucks - great, thanks
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 63.226.230.93]
on August 06, 2008 02:19 PM
>>> Why the application or the version of the application I need is not in my repositories even though the application has been "out there" for 6 month already? Why there are so much crappy or unusable apps on add/remove, really?
Yes, quality of apps is a problem. there is too much low quality stuff making it into the repository. But guess what, the situation is really no different from windows, except that there is a lot less of free software and you usually have to pay$ for the krappy broken app on the windows side of the fence. Part of the reason the software takes awhile to be added is because someone needs to review it first and decide if it's worthy of being added....
Just remember, the term "Vaporware" was created to describe *Windows* software.
>>> Why do I have to deal with all those repositories? Can't a software maker just make one installer for Linux? Why not? Too windoze like (this is the most stupid argument)? There are no unified APIs to write against? Why not
So? Show me the repositories for Windows????? Where do I get programs for Windows?? Oh, there aren't any? I must go to thousands of different websites -- one for each program or small collection of programs. I must find the download page and go through a set of prompts that is unique to each website. Then when I get the program and install it, the only thing I can be sure of is that I have to double click it to install it. But each program has it's own unique installer, sure a lot of them do use the MSI installer but a lot of them don't use it. There are at least half-a-dozen major commercial installer programs for Windows apps, plus the developer can write their own unique program.
Why can't I do an automated install on Windows without having to click a zillion buttons like I can on Linux? Why must I reboot the computer thousands of times during the install process?
Why can't I install/run Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office on the same computer? After I have removed Microsoft Works in order to be able to "upgrade" to Microsoft Office, why then can I *not* use Microsoft Office to open my documents that I created in Microsoft Works???!!!!
Why does Windows suck so badly when I have to pay so much for everything????
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Re: One more way to install appications on Linsucks - great, thanks
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 63.226.230.93] on August 06, 2008 02:19 PMYes, quality of apps is a problem. there is too much low quality stuff making it into the repository. But guess what, the situation is really no different from windows, except that there is a lot less of free software and you usually have to pay$ for the krappy broken app on the windows side of the fence. Part of the reason the software takes awhile to be added is because someone needs to review it first and decide if it's worthy of being added....
Just remember, the term "Vaporware" was created to describe *Windows* software.
>>> Why do I have to deal with all those repositories? Can't a software maker just make one installer for Linux? Why not? Too windoze like (this is the most stupid argument)? There are no unified APIs to write against? Why not
So? Show me the repositories for Windows????? Where do I get programs for Windows?? Oh, there aren't any? I must go to thousands of different websites -- one for each program or small collection of programs. I must find the download page and go through a set of prompts that is unique to each website. Then when I get the program and install it, the only thing I can be sure of is that I have to double click it to install it. But each program has it's own unique installer, sure a lot of them do use the MSI installer but a lot of them don't use it. There are at least half-a-dozen major commercial installer programs for Windows apps, plus the developer can write their own unique program.
Why can't I do an automated install on Windows without having to click a zillion buttons like I can on Linux? Why must I reboot the computer thousands of times during the install process?
Why can't I install/run Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office on the same computer? After I have removed Microsoft Works in order to be able to "upgrade" to Microsoft Office, why then can I *not* use Microsoft Office to open my documents that I created in Microsoft Works???!!!!
Why does Windows suck so badly when I have to pay so much for everything????
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