you've partially missed what i'm getting towards.... i wouldn't dream of thinking that i or anyone else could say what your linux box should be. what i can envision is a system that would allow you to point to a given app, and say i want appx (or appy), and it would more or less walk through the steps to "correctly" install/build that app on your box. even if the process called for it to figure out/modify dependencies etc... and it would efficiently do it for multiple apps/versions/os's... lindows/linspire/cnr is nowhere close to what i'm describing, although it's a lot closer than anything else out there... you see, while some figure that yum/apt-get/etc... are quite sufficient, there are plenty of people who get da*m tired of dealing of having to figure out the dependency issues. i for one would welcome a system that does everything that i've described!!!!! particularly if it didn't cost me anything for basic functions... but this is just my $0.02 worth!! your opinion may vary... and yeah, i'm pretty sure that this kind of approach would generate serious income... peace! -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Ryabitsev [mailto:icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:49 PM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: RE: [Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer. On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 17:43 -0700, bruce wrote: > what linux really needs is a good basic system that i as a basic user, can > put on my box, tell it i want app x (or y), and it will more or less figure > out what it needs to do, and go ahead and do it, with out screwing up my box > in the mean time!!!!! That would be Lindows. However, lots of Linux users *like* being able to play with power preferences like choosing your repositories. You can't really say "this is what linux needs" and expect everyone to agree with you. ;) Regards, -- Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev Duke University Physics Sysadmin
