Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jun 2008 22:31 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Earlier this week, we reported on the Berlin Packaging API, an effort to consolidate the various different packaging formats and managers in the Linux world. Many compared this new effort to PackageKit, and today Linux.com is running an article detailing what PackageKit exactly is, with a few quotes from the project's lead developer, Richard Hughes.
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MSI Packages a perfect.
You download it to your computer (or buy it at a store).
Run the installer
Software is installed
When you want to remove it, you go to this central area called "Add/Remove Programs" and uninstall it.
Why can't Linux duplicate this?
True, MacOS has a simple elegant method, but that only works for simple programs.
RPM/DEB, are nice but they require you to have a repository, meaning if you want something, it has to be in a repository. Sure their is the occasional deb or rpm that you can download, but thats rare.