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Ximian Desktop Installer, Red Carpet, and MonkeyTalk
An anonymous reader submits: "Long-time Linux users forget what it is like to try to install something for the first time. Ximian has done a nice job writing scripts to hide the inner workings of a Gnome installation. TuxReports has snapshots of the Ximian installer. Do you believe that all Linux distributions should use such a friendly series of dialog boxes in order to attract more users to Linux?" Update: 07/14 21:13 GMT by M : Tuxreports has provided a non-PHP page for us to link to... whoops. Sorry about that.
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Isn't that just trying to make the interface easier to use? I believe then you're attempting to compete (in the -COMMON- market) with OSX, and Windows. .confs or anything, and they'll be just as lost when trying to make and install some program that doesn't have a nice install.
In my opinion, that's not what linux is about. It's an incredible server solution, and a desktop solution for those with enough knowledge to know how to use it. Making it install easier won't help them learn make,
Linux is great, don't get me wrong, but it's not for the common user, it was never meant to be I don't think. It's much more of a "geek" OS... easier installs would be nice though, but I don't think they'll attract a huge amount of new users to it..
Hanging: Two problems with this... First of all it's boring. I mean, God, there's no excitement in just hanging there! Second, it could be somewhat painful. Choking to death doesn't exactly turn me on. Of course, I could auto-erotically asphyxiate myself to death, I suppose.
Shooting: This seems to be the way I will likely go. It's quick, it's (hopefully) painless, and very messy which means very exciting! The only problem I have with this is that everybody seems to go out this way these days. Kurt Cobain, Vincent van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway... the list goes on. Do I really want to be known as just another guy who shot himself?
Jumping: Again, two problems... It's not certain unless I jump from something really high, and in my area, the tallest buildings are only two stories. Second, even though I am clearly highly suicidal, what if I suddenly change my mind right after I jump? At least with the other two, I don't have time to think about it!
Please, give me your suggestions, and I will take them to heart. Then, I will finally have a happy and successful suicide.
Regards,
klerck
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face the fact - your a stupid geek, who does nothing but spend his time keeping his system up to date.
ever compiled SDL by hand?
or gstreamer?
You bunch of fscking pussies ...until you've edited your XF86config file by hand, you don't know what living is!
>series of dialog boxes in order to attract more users to Linux?
No, but I believe that any company willing to
create such a series of dialog boxes for the
installation of their product should do so such
that they work across all Linux distributions,
instead of making them dependent on software like
RPM that is not distro-universal.
The fact that Ximian's installer is still dependent
on RPM shows how lame Ximian really are. What sort
of company puts together a product and unnecessarily
restricts the installer to one particular package
system thereby immediately cutting off important
Linux distros like Slackware, all of the *BSDs,
and any other un*x not running RPM?
If the people at Ximian would actually pull their
hands out of their asses and write a proper
installer, then maybe their product would be
worth considering.
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