On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 21:11, bruce wrote: > 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... Let's see, the last time I ran Lindows it was 2.x or 3.x, I chose an app to install. It automatically downloaded that app, figured out dependencies and modified for those, and installed, and ran. Linspire is now up to at least 4.5 and I would hope that they wouldn't digress backwards to an unusable cnr. Did I miss something? The only catch I see with Linspire is if your app is not in the warehouse, then you normally have to download and ./configure, make, and make install. And hope that you have all the supporting libraries or go download those as well. But, they have a large repository of apps and if you need one that's not there then you're probably not a "basic" user anyway. Thomas > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
