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By: nicolas jaen fiere g

nicolas jaen fiere g — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:10 +0000

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By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:01:15 +0000

Linux programs are both easier to install in Linux, and harder. After the packaging mess gets cleared up, Linux programs will be easier to install than Windows or Mac across the board.

There is always a trade-off. If you want a software installation feature like windows, the result will be huge program sizes in which libraries are not shared,instead each program has a replicate copy of libraray for the same funtion.
Dependency hell leads to less size of program, you cant always be in a win-win situation.

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By: Yfrwlf

Yfrwlf — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:40:16 +0000

The only problem with the current state of Linux software sharing today is a lack of a standard package format. Having this would allow Linux programs to be shared as easily as Windows or Mac programs, regardless of what distro you happened to be running. This would really, really help make programs much more available to Linux users and would help out Linux a lot. You currently cannot always expect to go install some software if it’s made for Linux, because there’s no telling if the packages they have are for your distro or not, and if there are only source packages good luck tracking down the dependencies, and if you’re a noob good luck doing anything.

Linux programs are both easier to install in Linux, and harder. After the packaging mess gets cleared up, Linux programs will be easier to install than Windows or Mac across the board.