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Zero Install: The Future of Linux on the Desktop?
SiegeX writes "Zero Install ,which is apart of the ROX desktop environment is not just a new packaging system, it's a whole new way of thinking; a way that I believe is exactly what Linux needs to become a serious contender for Joe User's desktop. Zero Install uses an NFS to both run *and* install apps from. The apps are all self-contained in their own directory; binaries, docs, source code and all. Once the app has been downloaded its kept in a cache from that point on to minimize delay. The beauty becomes apparent when Zero Install is combined with ROX which runs the application by just clicking on the directory it was installed to. Deleting the application along with all the other misc files is as simple as removing the directory it's contained in. This method of partitioning applications in their own directories also allows installing multiple versions of any application trivial. This is something even the greatest of technophobes could understand and use with ease."
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Bit Torrent works better than damn Apt. I don't know why we use Apt-Get as if it solves dependencies. It does nothing but automate the process. In the end you still have to configure the automation which makes it just as hard to use for a newbie as configuring a shell account or using binary news groups for file distribution.
Apt-Get is a geek tool, the way apt-get works is in a geeky way. People don't want to update or configure anything, you should click and the program should do it all in the backround with NO user intervention.
I should be able to click a file and have it solve the dependencies on its own, if theres a problem with it, it should check a list via Peer to Peer and download off Kazaa or whatever the hell we put Linux files on.
Fact is, theres no reason to use the client server model at all. People in Windows use Kazaa to download files, they use Edonkey, Emule etc. When the emule list of servers go back they click an update button and a new list of servers are downloaded from the Emule network itself.
Why can't we list repositories on a P2P network, let a user connect to this network to constantly update their respositories, in the same way that emule works?
I admit that may not work for the corporate environment but for the newbie users who arent paying anything its better than Apt-get. Let people from Windows and Mac world use what they know instead of telling them to learn YOUR software.
People don't exist to serve systems, systems exist to serve people.
What happens after that? Does she get to keep it?
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My wife's great grandfather (81 yrs. old) just "got a dell dude" for under $700. For that price he got a 2.2GHz P4 with 256MB memory, 40GB 7,200 RPM HDD, 10/100 nic, winmodem, an OK Intel "extreme" graphics controller, 17" monitor, keyboard, scroll mouse and a scanner. Apple does not offer anything in the _average_ price range of todays computers.
I just built my own computer for a little under $500 by just buying parts I needed. AMD 2500+ w/fan, 512 MB PC2700, 120GB 7,200 8MB cache HDD, 64 MB Gefore 3 Ti 500, DVD +- R-RW drive, new case and new KT600 based mobo all for under $500. I was able to shop around to get the best price, a feature not available from Apple.
What does Apple offer for under $700 that can perform just as well? Nothing. IMO, a good performing Mac does not cost less then $1,200 or so.
Apple put themselves into a niche market based on price and they seem happy there.
I thought about getting an eMac before I purchased parts to build a new computer. However, in the end, it came down to getting the best value for my money. I would have had to spend $300 more for the eMac and had a computer that was considerably slower then what I could get in a PeeCee for $500.If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land,
it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
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Does ROX support movie piracy? If you viewers of this website expect us to be nicer to in regards to computer laws, you must obey copyright laws. Stop downloading movies, mp3s, or illegal software, because it only pushes the agenda of lobbyists.
Linux will never get afoot if it doesn't get rid of its piracy agenda.