On 12/21/06, Karl Lattimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 20 Dec 2006, at 22:29, Jordan wrote: > > Yes, "idiot friendly" i could not have said it better! Of course the > current installation methods are fine for existing users/devs/non idiots.. > yet the majority of new linux users (lke me) are kind of stupid when it > comes to linux... So "idiot friendly" is exactly what I am after. > > Doesn't the friendliness of the installer fall on the shoulders of the > distributer really. With apt/yum freevo is very easy to install imho > although this can always be made that little bit easier with for instance a > meta-package with all dependencies required and maybe a repository package > like those found on rpm.livna.org and freshrpms.net in fact having a single > package that installs the required repositories for freevo and a > freevo-universe package which can pull the rpms (only as an example deb can > be done just as easily) for all packages. (This may have even been done > already) > I disagraa about apt/yum being / making freevo easy to configure. And well really as I type this I think maybe you meant it makes it easy to 'get'.. Most package managers (i've come from gentoo, so I mean apt and emerge ;-) handle freevo dependancies well. Incfact, this is what they do, they handle dependancies. Great.
Thats if you like to.. err.. Look at freevo. And I guess listen to freevo once you have alsa working. If you want TV then there is still some considerable hurdles. If you want your system to work in X, then there are still some considerable "trial and error" hurdles also. I found a great example of "trial and error" system called dxr3config while I was rebuilding my system over the past few weeks. Basically, to get a dxr3 card working there a whole range of "things" that can go wrong; depending on what card revision you have etc; and this script is effectively a database of the things that can go wrong. You run it, it asks you whats wrong; and then tries another config based on your feedback; and repeats untill the cards working... I see freevo as being so flexible, it needs a trial and errors system ;-). Mike > Then we can have on the website a click to install the freevo repositories > for your distribution, open with <software installer> > > Then just instructing the user to fire up their package manager and install > freevo-universe should be enough. > > That makes it easy as necessary for a new user to get freevo installed. That > coupled with the fact we already have pretty good install guides in the wiki > I can't see how a user could go wrong. > > K, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
