Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
George Lober wrote:
that is easy to use by the average joe computer user whatever the
platform is. It is an idea to cater to the end user and the software
developer, and not some OSS or other status quo.
Considering what the task is, it is understandable a large focus is on
the Linux side of things because of the multitude of distros to target,
and their associated different ways of doing things.
100% correct on both counts!
Windows and Mac has it easy, because there is one governing body and a lot
more standardized. Everybody keeps going on about how easy it is to install
software on Windows or Mac. So yes, my idea of a new software installer
might be more focused at Linux issue at this point in time, because that is
where the most problems lie. The average Joe simply doesn't know how to
install software on Linux and they hate the command prompt.
A few years back, I myself was looking around to see if there was a user
friendly Windows type, all-distro Linux installer available anywhere, in
the same sense of what you are trying to do, and came up with nothing.
The few that caught my eye were very basic, and not workable with closed
source commercial software.
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/fixinst/
http://autopackage.org/
I don't think these would fit your requirements. I mention these for
curiosity's sake only.
Besides the deployment issues, another thing that discourages me from
writing software for Linux is the virtual non existence of anti-cracking
software.
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