20 Feb
2007
20 Feb
'07
12:14 a.m.
Chris McCormick wrote:
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 11:38:56AM -1000, david
wrote:
Hmm, I see no need for 0install.net. If you're someone who can be
allowed to install software on a system, what's so hard about remember
root's password?
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
Zero-install makes an interesting case for itself.
<http://0install.net/> reach even half of the intended audiences (look
at the recent Slashdot
coverage on the future of Linux installers which tells a sad story how
autopackage, despite its arguably superior model never took off).
Autopackage -
arguably superior? Not in my experience. I use an
application that uses Autopackage. My first discovery was that
*autopackage simply didn't work.* After a couple of fixes, they got it
to work. Whoopee!! My reaction to that was "Why?" From my use,
autopackage didn't do anything more, or anything better, than the
existing Debian package managers already did ...