I fail to see how this is a disaster in the making. Most people buy new consoles so they can play the new games, not so they can play their old ones on the new system. They already have a system that can play the old games. What's the point of buying a new system at all if you're just going to replay Halo 2? It may be an annoyance, yes. But a disaster, hardly.
- if the package is available, it will be installed and configured properly.
You actually mention the problem in your post. Yeah, apt/dpkg is great. I love how easy it is to install programs with it. If the package is available. And what if its not available? What if, for some reason, it hasn't been added to the repository? At best you have to search until you find a version of the program that's already in a dpkg form, but just isn't in the repository. More likely, you're back dealing with dependencies, compiling from source, etc. Compare that to Windows, where just about every program has an automatic installer.
Yes, Linux installation has come a long way, and in some ways is easier to use than Windows. But there is still room for improvement here.
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I fail to see how this is a disaster in the making. Most people buy new consoles so they can play the new games, not so they can play their old ones on the new system. They already have a system that can play the old games. What's the point of buying a new system at all if you're just going to replay Halo 2?
It may be an annoyance, yes. But a disaster, hardly.
- if the package is available, it will be installed and configured properly.
You actually mention the problem in your post. Yeah, apt/dpkg is great. I love how easy it is to install programs with it. If the package is available. And what if its not available? What if, for some reason, it hasn't been added to the repository? At best you have to search until you find a version of the program that's already in a dpkg form, but just isn't in the repository. More likely, you're back dealing with dependencies, compiling from source, etc. Compare that to Windows, where just about every program has an automatic installer. Yes, Linux installation has come a long way, and in some ways is easier to use than Windows. But there is still room for improvement here.