On Thu, May 28, 2009 8:31 am, Mehul Ved wrote:
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
Why should FOSS always get associated with something that is not easy to setup whereas doze automatically is assumed to be one touch? Why not have one touch installation in FOSS?
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/software-installation-in-linux-is-diffic...
+1 :D Was just going to reply to this thread with verbal diarrhea and abuse - recalling the days of downloading .exe files, running 5 virus scans on them, praying to Bill Gates before installing, etc.. but the link puts it quite well :-) And really, ./configure make make install even, imo, is not nearly half as bad as the ugly feeling in the pit of your stomach when you double-click something and have no idea what code you're running on your machine. Anyways - my two bits, Sanjay
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