Tom
There is nothing wrong with RPMs. Unfortunatly all programs for Linux are
not avaiable as RPMs and are not as simple to install.
When I appllauded the automatic install I was envisioning a standardised
installation program that all programers and developers
would use not a multitude of different ones.To a degree we aready have that
in Linux due to the number of different distros which are available and
their program formats.
I tend to be lazy. If there is an easy way to do something and it works.
I will say "Thank You" and use it.
Charles :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Star Office 5.2
> On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > The one thing about Windows that I liked more than in Linux was
> > installing programs. If you are honest most will admit that installing
> > programs in Linux can be both fustrating and exasperating.
> > Well someone has at last shown a light at the end of the tunnel.
> > Sun has released Star Office 5.2. I download it for both Windows and
for
> > Linux. Yesterday I installed in Win2000 and today I decided to try the
> > install in Linux, hoping that it would not require to much hair pulling.
> > Do you know what I had to do to get Star Office to install in Linux?
I
> > had to click on the file. It actually had it's own installation program
and
> > installed itself. The GUI was even the same as that used in the Win
> > installation. I was shocked. Happy but shocked. I had never before seen
a
> > Linux program do this.
> > My one hope now is that more companies and developers will follow
Sun's
> > example and treat Linux users with the same degree of concern and
support as
> > they show Window users.
> > If you want to try it the URL is www.sun.com/staroffice
> > The Linux download is 93MB and you need to run the installation program
as
> > user not as root.
> >
> > Charles :-)
>
> I don't agree Charles. What's wrong with rpm? Easy to install
> and uninstall. If all the various software vendors and developers
> began devising their own 'automatic' installs, I suspect utter
> chaos, and a lot of broken distros would shortly be the result.
>
> --
> ~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
