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Zero Install Project Makes 1.0 Release

Posted by Unknown on from the no-installation-fees dept.

tal197 writes "Zero Install, the decentralized cross-distribution software installation system, announced 0install 1.0 today after 8 years in development. 0install allows authors to publish directly from their own web-sites while supporting familiar features such as shared libraries, automatic updates, and digital signatures. Is this the end of the walled-gardens of traditional app stores and Linux distributions and the beginning of a true 'Web of Software'?"

2 of 82 comments (clear)

  1. The Future by Nerdfest · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sadly, things now look like they're heading in exactly the opposite direction.

  2. "Is this the end of the walled gardens..." by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is this the end of the walled-gardens of traditional app stores?

    Sure, provided 0install works on every popular platform that has a traditional app store.

    What's that? It doesn't run on any of those? Oh dear.