Dmitry wrote: > > Well I know about colors, but why do you need them at all - that is my > question. I don't know of any other distro using similar concepts: > Xandros on Eee, Ubuntu, Debian, OpenMoko, Gentoo, RedHat - none is using > a concept of two separate modes for installs. I wonder how did it happen > that Maemo got those?
Ubuntu's "Add/Remove Software..." is a frontend to apt which shows a subset of all the available packages; shows an end-user suitable name and a small icon. This is exactly what Hildon Application Manager does as well (although I don't know how Ubuntu's version works under the covers). "Red pill mode" switches it to show *all* packages (and also removes the "Section: user/" prefix requirement). This is the reason for the two modes - one gives you the sanitised view, one gives you everything. I fully agree with blue-pill mode for end-users; but I don't understand why red-pill's needed: if you're a power user, I can't imagine Hildon App Mgr being a better UI than apt-get. HTH, Andrew -- Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.bleb.org/ maemo.org Community Council member _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
