On Tuesday 09 September 2008 19:36:41 narendra sisodiya wrote: > I am not saying i have a solution , but something new system > should come so that common user, who do not have Internet, will NEVER > in life say "i have a dependancy error" and able to install > *"dreamware"* by one click. > > I know yum and other do excellent job BUT for COMMON student > like me (2 year before) who do not have internet, it is ALMOST > imposible to use Linux -- Just because (1) I need to see HOW - TO on > internet and (2) need packages from internet
My years of experience being an *user* in Linux has taught me this: 1. Choose a distro which has a good default repository of packages. I stopped using Fedora years back because it only had the Ubuntu equivalent of "main" and everything else had to be managed by downloading from third party repository like freshrpms etc., which had their own set of incompatibilities. At the risk of starting a flame war, I would suggest using any debian based distro(including debian itself) , enabling universe/multiverse equivalent of repositories in the distro and take advantage of their huge repositories. 2. Consider any application which is not available in the repository as simply "not available". It doesn't exist. Kaput. Live with it. Resist all attempts to download and compile, especially packages which deviate even one step away from "./configure --prefix=/usr/local/$NAME;make;make install". Anything else (been there. done that), unless you are a backup guru, your next fresh install or failed distro upgrade will cause you ulcers. If you keep these two steps in mind as a Linux *user*, there is mostly not any more "jung" to go out fighting for. :) - Sandip _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
