> BUT.... Ubuntu provides an easy way for users to add in those extras.
Good point. I have never (personally) installed Ubunto, so I don't know
that much. But if they do, they are doing at great risk getting sued.
That's interesting... I wish I knew an Intellectual Property lawyer so
I could quiz him/her on this :-) We all find this business of (mainly
American) software patents getting "in the way" of gettign things
done. I don't envy the Novell/SUSE predicament.
Sigh
Well, with a well configured system (I hope SUSE is like this) you
should be able to click on an rpm and it gets installed. I consider this
pretty much the same.
True... as long as you don't try to do it in 10.1 :-( If I do that in
10.1 on my dual CPU system (fully updated with all the patches), it
takes between 3 and 5 minutes for the ZMD window to pop up. It's even
longer on the older computers that people are installign 10.1 on.
You are right in that Linux is still lacking a general installer
mechanism (with GUI, text or graphic) for complex packages that need to
be configured.
There is a general installer that Linux Game Publishing is using (I
beta test for them)... it's teh Loki installer. It works pretty good.
Probably not so practical for all software, but it does a fine job of
handling the install of all the games I've Beta tested for them. It
even handles software updates fast and easy.
> If the info on the openSUSE Wiki is cryptic, please, PLEASE improve it.
It has probably been created by a technical guy (like us), who do not
remember/know any more what a less skilled person can stumble upon.
I'm always reluctant to change anything... I feel like I am.. I
dunno.. under qualified to be making changes. I think it comes down
to wondering if the "solution" I found.. that worked for me is
actually correct enough to be included in the wiki. I'll try to make
notes on the next install.
> As much as I detest Real Player.... what about the announcement that
> they are licensing the Windows media codecs including WMV... like they
> did with MP3. While I will continue to use Guru and Packman
> solutions... the Real Media way would probably work fine for the new
> users.
We'll see. The idea sounds reasonable to me.
Is it on the wishlist for 10.2? I haven't had time to even look to
see if the things I put on teh wish list for 10.1 got included.
C.
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