Re: [Sheflug] Linux and Windows

[David Johnson <dj [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 09 November 2004 16:23, Ben Spencer wrote:
>
> This application installation thing has me confused.  Why do you think
> Linux lacks in that area?  apt-get install seems pretty straighforward
> to me.
>

In Windows, if you want to install an application you download it and click on 
it. That's it. Until Linux can do that, its going to have trouble winning the 
desktop. Your average user doesn't want to know about the command line - its 
fine for those of us who grew up with DOS, but today's users are used to a 
simpler way of working.

I posted about this very issue on my blog a while ago:
http://www.david-web.co.uk/blog/index.php?p=67

Regards,
David.

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David Johnson
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