Op 14-feb-07, om 10:16 heeft Jan Claeys het volgende geschreven: > > The "programs don't run without admin rights" issue is slowly going > away.
For over 90% of the program installations in vista you need approval. The short period I ran and tested the systems, I've seen 'OK' buttons everywhere. > >> Precompiled packages on linux are a bit difficult (system >> directories), > > There are 'klik' and similar systems. And most programs allow > overriding the system settings with ~/.blah files or directories > anyway. > >> but if you compile the software yourself, you can specify the >> installation directory at configuration time (your homedir for >> instance). > > And for an easy way to compile everything, there is NetBSD's portable > 'pkgsrc' infrastructure (and maybe Gentoo's 'portage' can be used in > your home directory too?). > Indeed. But you can't mess up your base system as an ordinary user. Isn't that the best of two worlds? -- ubuntu-be mailing list / mailto:ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com You can find list info and your subscription configuration options at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-be