On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:04AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:56 +0200, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote: > > The main drawback is that distributions often are somewhat delayed, one > > does not get the very freshest software. On the other hand, the most > > recent version of something often requires recent versions of other > > software, and there you go again, hunting packages from all over, > > having to compile yourself, spending time and getting problems. > > have you ever installed firefox? On Linux, only the versions coming with debian/demudi. But that does not count in this respect. > it doesn't work that way. the binary is > statically linked. its not quite as easy as (yum|apt-get) install > firefox, but its nothing like the process you are referring to. Good! But then again, the static linking probably has a cost in increased size of the binary? Asbjørn
