Brian Hawkins wrote: > Now I know I may end up with multiple copies of a library but, big deal. I > have half a terrabyte of space on my computer, it can handle it. This > solution would let me install multiple copies of an application as well as > multiple versions of the same application. I could also just update one > application without the need to upgrade my OS.
Autopackage works along those lines--you should check it out. Even so, my favorite solution is virtualization. Just run a stodgy, stable distribution and a latest-and-greatest, unstable distribution at the same time. VMs will eat your disk space even faster, but like you said, does that matter? Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
