To answer all the replies to my first post at once:
When I first started using Trisquel, I didn't have an Internet connection. I
was dependent on another Windows computer for Internet access. When I used
Windows, I had loved to install new programs, copy them between computers
with a flash drive, try them out for a bit, and then remove them if I didn't
like them.
On Trisquel I found that impossible. I would get the package from the
repositories and suddenly find its dependencies weren't satisfied, and then
that those dependencies had dependencies, and I would have to download ''n''
things instead of one installer package. It was a lot of annoying
back-and-forth.
And the repositories are a little like Apple's App Store in how they control
us. Good luck if you want to remove any software you've installed from an
outside source! I'm fairly sure I have some outside programs installed for
which I deleted the installer .deb.
It doesn't matter that separate dependency inclusion is inefficient. What
matters is that it's easy to use. No matter how you tout the advantages of
Trisquel, I found software management easier on Windows. It ''just worked'',
as some would say.
