So we're back to agreeing that an EASY way for people to find and install other apps would likely address everybody's concerns I just installed synaptic with apt and it shows packages available from the repositories in a graphical format, grouped by application category (complete with descriptions) Apt also seems to do a pretty good job of resolving dependancies So perhaps RH would consider including apt and synaptic with their distro (it would also simplify installation of RH supported packages) complete with a prebuilt config file to point it at a few repositories. Even if they only pointed it (by default) at repositories containing only their own packages, it would simplify finding, getting, and installing those. To satisfy their concern for request for support on unsupported packages (which likely happens already), they could include (or post on the web) a list of the packages they do/will support Possibly a workable solution to answer user concerns that finding/installing packages too hard? Actually I see apt/synaptic and up2date filling two separate needs. Apt/synaptic to find, browse, and install .. up2date to monitor version status of installed (and RH supported) packages Jesse Keating (hosting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > >On Tuesday 27 May 2003 18:53, Audioslave - 7M3 - Live wrote: >> But if RH starts getting too "risk free". Then they'll miss out on all >> the best things in life. I feel that they got to muddy their feet a bit. >> If not by supporting these more chance taking programs. They'll need to >> come out with a suitable alternative replacement program. Most want >> multimedia and internet related programs. (at least in my encounters) >> >> I'm all for the ogg format for audio. I use it a lot and don't bother >> trying to record in the mp3 format. But there are too many mp3 formatted >> files that I would like to be able to listen to. Mostly files provided >> from musical artists websites. > >Doesn't matter how popular the formats are, they are still legal issues >surrounding them. Until these legal issues get resolved, then you won't see >these applications in RH. It's really simple. Bitching about how popular >the players are, or how "necessary" inclusion of them is to have Linux take >over the world wont change the fact that there is a very real risk that RH >can be sued for including such software, and thus ending the fun for >everybody. I'd much rather have a legally safe distro that has a few less >applications (that I can add on my own, thus eliminating the RH legal risk) >than have a distro that may be sued at any given time. > > >Was I helpful? Let others know: > http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating > > > -- Brian Johnson * This is where my witty signature line would be if I bothered to edit this line :) *
