On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:13:25 -0800 (PST) yigeren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > will it be easier for us mouse users if apps available are pre- > compiled instead of ... > d/l - find - compile (if you know how) - luck approach > make available of gui compiler is good, but not good enough They are. Every .deb in the repositories is a compiled binary. If you want to use the GUI to get then, use synaptic, but its faster and more exact to us tools such as apt-get or aptitude. If they are not in the repositories you will have to compile them, but this creates a copiled code for YOUR system and architecture (thats why distros such as Gentoo and Slackware go down this route). > is that a unix-linux tradition or a tech issue that forbidden binaries > to be available (or less) next to their source? What do you mean by "forbidden binaries"? Do you mean non-free? > I believe that will make brave users trying out gOS (or any linux > distro to their likeness) stay and not be discouraged and turn back to > the grave-digging-ms route, or a better and more expensive osx Will they be discouraged because Windows is non-standard in many ways and moving to a more standards compliant operating system (such as Linux or BSD)? Sure, this will mean you have to learn new ways and un-learn older ones that are OS-specific, but if there is a reason to switch from, say, Windows to Linux, if you want to do it you will do it. > can one post compiled binaries online and let others use d/l and use > without doing much command things You can pass on compiled binaries providing you also pass on the source code, if the original program was covered by the GPL. You can change and modify a program and pass it on under the GPL if the appropriate source code accompanies it. There may be some issues with getting a program with the GPL v2 licence covered in a GPL v3 environment. You see, its all to do with the licencing. Why do you say "without doing much command things"? Some processes, and even packages, rely on the command line, and you won't get very far in Linux without using the command line. Its often quicker - and easier - to type in something and get that thing specifically done. So don't bring your phobia of using the command line from Windows - try it... > I know this is very non-linux This is VERY much what Linux is about: the philosophy behind its creation and maintenance. Its the reason why the Micro$oft and Apple business models differ fundamentally with that of Linux. For more on this, see: http://www.fsf.org/happy-birthday-to-gnu.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html -- Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
