Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 25th Oct 2003 05:13 UTC, submitted by Charles Krohn
Today, Ian Murdock described his recent work on APT to the Debian community. This announcement has far-ranging implications for the future of Fedora and Debian projects. Ars Technica has the details.
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I'm probably falling to flamebait, but i would like to clarify the muddled concept found in this statement:
>>Installation of packages is exactly what Linux is sooo bad at and Apple and Microsoft are so good at. Sure they're not perfect but they are far better than Linux.<<
Concerning third-party-software, in GNU/Linux terms this is closed source software you have to buy, you may have a point. Browsing to the setup source and depending on your graphical frontend single or double clicking it, entering the root PW and wait is not very comfortable. But at least Debian's apt (and that's what we are talking about) does this with one command and most times without further user interaction. Can't see where the MS Windows way is better. To the contrary, MS Windows user i know complain about the many "Next" buttons to press in an Install Shield procedure.
Whatever...
Considering that this thread evolves around an adaption of apt it is rather astounding to read this. Already now apt is a far superior way to install software than anything Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X has to offer. Type one command (e. g. apt-get install gnome) and apt fetches the software and installs it - often without any need for user interaction. Most MS Windows users i know are annoyed by the Install Shield procedure and comment very favorable on apt.