On November 17, 2004 12:04 pm, Kevin Anderson wrote: > > At least he's running an OS where things like this can be figured > > out. No registry editing necessary, just the basics: > > Funny. I was thinking that this install procedure was a stupid confusing > waste of time, and that it's certainly easier on windows.
ouch... > > I installed in on my box by typing "emerge -U mozilla-firefox". I believe > this would be the easiest solution since it doesn't require him to already > have another browser installed so that he can retrieve it (sure it'll be > available for FTP somewhere, or scp, or whatever, but realistically, using > the Distro's own tools, RH, Suse, etc are all starting to look archaic. Plus the KDE package manager supports portage so there's a graphical way to do it now for those with CLI-phobia > > Yast is a 6 out of 10 app. It's pretty good once you figure out where the > repository is, and get it working, but that always seems to be more > complicated than it should be. Yast never quite gets it right if you make > changes outside YAST either, and that frustrates me, cause it's always a > bit scary to fire it up, and wonder if some change you made at the CLI will > be wiped out in the process. I have hope for it, but it needs to have a > default repository, or better, (like Gentoo), it should have a list of 100 > mirrors, and test each to find which is the fastest for your individual > setup, and then choose the 5 best as it's preferred sites. Then, it just > needs to respect non-YAST changes better. So Suse might get it right, > eventually. > > There's no hope at all for Red Hat, in my opinion, but I readily admit, > that's a heavily biased opinion with little legitimate basis. Doesn't RH have URPMI or is that strictly Mandrake? At any rate, URPMI is often a pain to find a decent working mirror. > > Debian, which I poked fun at already this week, ...that was way too funny... > deserves the biggest pat on > the back, because apt-get is another example of making things easy. I've > heard horror stories about apt, but personally, I've never experienced > them. When I think Debian, I think Awesome distro, but just too slow moving > to really be useful to anyone. Which is really why Gentoo seems to have > taken over for it. If Debian had decent install instructions 5 years ago, > or even made a half hearted effort to use current packages, I don't really > believe Gentoo would even exist. The funny part is, Debian seems to be > proud of that heritage. I just don't get it. it's the '1337' mentality. I just can't wait until Gentoo's installer is done. Portage is the best package management system bar none, once it's set up. Support for binary and source installs allows for a quick install that can later be replaced with a custom system. They need to perfect that. > > Kev. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
