On Saturday 23 December 2006 21:05, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 20:39 -0600, Rajko M. wrote: > > > Package management in Linux leaves a lot to be desired, > > > compared to Windows Add/Remove Program and Setup programs. > > > > Who has desire for the license fees? > > Yast did a nice job for me when I wanted fonts and other certain > programs removed.
Mike, leaving financial point and your sting for a moment, let me explain my experience. The packaging system like rpm or deb are in function and intentions similar to windows Add/Remove Program, but due to difference in operating system design and distribution, software vendor attempt to change libraries used by all programs will not pass unnoticed. That is big difference to windows and it is nothing to desire. Apparent simplicity for user of installation is not the only criteria that is used to evaluate software management. What happens during and after installation, as well removal is also important. Windows Add/Remove Program never warned me that one program is installing system wide library that should not be touched by anyone except operating system vendor, as other software vendors use published specifications to design their products. How many times programs left junk hanging around using system resources, because of sloppy defined unistall procedure. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/MiniSUSE http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
