On Saturday 20 January 2007 07:03, Matt Stamm wrote: > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Alexey Eremenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:14:15 +0200 > > >Well, this article point at two well-known problems: cross-distro > >packaging and cross-distro compatibility. Those problems are old as a > >linux world. Which doesn't prevents my father and mother use Linux > >successfully. > > > >There are many solutions that try to solve both problems (such as > >Autopackage and klik), but the most serious undertake is the LSB, The > >Linux Standards Base. > > He makes a valid point. From the average user's point > of view, some things tend to install easier with Windows.
Especially things like, trojans, worms, viruses, malware, ad nauseum, heh heh. > My most recent experience, went to a website that required > flash-player 9. On windows the download and install > went smooth. On my linux suse-10 the install didn't go > as smooth, the rpm provided by Adobe installed the plugin > in the wrong place, something like /usr/..., but it > was supposed to go /opt/MozillaFirefox/.. I'm still with 9.3 and in /opt/<browser> all the libflashplayer.so's are linked to /usr/lib/browserplugins all except for in /home/me/.firefox and .mozilla > I love linux, using since suse-8, would never go back to > windows, but windows does make some things easier on > the "average joe" When I was still using M$, the only thing it made easier for me was to cuss the system and kick the side of the tower every once in a while, which I know didn't help the the system get any better, but picturing BG's face on the side of the tower while giving it a few good bumps with the side of my foot made *me* feel better. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
