On Thu, May 28, 2009 8:31 am, Mehul Ved wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why should FOSS always get associated with something that is not easy to >> setup whereas doze automatically is assumed to be one touch? Why not >> have one touch installation in FOSS? > > http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/software-installation-in-linux-is-difficult/ > +1 :D Was just going to reply to this thread with verbal diarrhea and abuse - recalling the days of downloading .exe files, running 5 virus scans on them, praying to Bill Gates before installing, etc.. but the link puts it quite well :-) And really, ./configure make make install even, imo, is not nearly half as bad as the ugly feeling in the pit of your stomach when you double-click something and have no idea what code you're running on your machine. Anyways - my two bits, Sanjay
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