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Petreley On Simplifying Software Installation for Linux

Posted by timothy on from the but-gentoo dept.

markcappel writes "RAM, bandwidth, and disk space are cheap while system administrator time is expensive. That's the basis for Nicholas Petreley's 3,250-word outline for making Linux software installation painless and cross-distro." The summary paragraph gives some hint as to why this isn't likely to happen anytime soon.

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  1. Yet Another Reason by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...to use Linux.

    The Linux kiddies whine because of the "fragmentation" of commercial UNIX, yet it is happening in Linux. What gives?

    Oh, being hypocrites again. My bad, I should have known you were set in your ways and unwilling to change.

    You will break like the mighty oak since you can't bend like the reeds...

  2. Re:Static linking problems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1.) Put indians in a ship
    2.) Sink the ship
    3.) Don't use static libraries

  3. Re:Please heed this warning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU SUCK

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  4. Re:emerge maybe easy. by Blkdeath · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Gentoo was nice for a while, but things broke when I tried to go from gcc 2.95.x to 3.x. That's what finally convinced me to go to Debian.

    You mean {gasp} you replaced the compiler - the centre, the core of your source-based installation, and there were PROBLEMS? Y'don't SAY!

    Gentoo is not for end-users. Enjoy your alternatives.

    --
    BD Phone Home!

    Shameless plug. Like you weren't expecting it.