| Art Alexion on 13 May 2005 13:32:15 -0000 |
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Stephen Gran wrote: >On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:37:39PM -0400, eric@lucii.org said: > > > > >> 8 Installation / Uninstallation >> This is in regards to both OS (including updates >> and patches) and software, the difficulty level of >> installation / uninstallation, and the user's experience. >> [I've had some real screwed up windows installs and some >> REAL SMOOTH Linux installs] >> >> > >At this point, I would assume they are about the same - a nice GUI >RedHat or something install is probably about as flashy as your average >MS install. There are GUI tools for package management on both sides, >so I think this is largely a no-op as far as ease of use goes. > >Plenty of arguments about having to wait for vendor updates, though :) > > In my limited experience, Linux software installs get frustrating when entering a dependency spiral-into-hell. However, this is in fact an advantage as installing Linux software rarely "breaks" another application. My MS experience has been that all of the common libraries needed are installed each time a piece of software that needs them is installed. The libraries are stored in a "system" directory that is accessible to all. Version tracking is weak, so a DLL that "App B" installs, breaks "App A" without warning. -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC arthur [at] alexion [dot] com aim: aalexion sms: 2679725536 [at] messaging [dot] sprintpcs [dot] com PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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