Linked by Kevin Russo on Thu 31st Mar 2005 18:40 UTC
I read a lot of reviews comparing GNU/Linux and Microsoft Windows, and inevitably the topic of installing software comes up. Most reviews indicate that installing software in Windows is much easier than that of the desktop GNU/Linux world. I decided to do my own comparison based on my desktop usage to see the difference. The following are my results. Those of you that come from the Windows world may be a tad bit surprised at the ease in which software can be installed.
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And what about knowing that you need to update said package and its dependencies. On windows, it may notify me when I run it that there is a new version or I have to watch version tracker or some other thing. Using fink/mac osx (which is similiar to debian based linux distros), I just use the finkcommander to do a selfupdate and see what has new versions available all in one place.
e.g. fink selfupdate, python 2.4.1 available today, select outdated python, click install, do some work while it compiles, then its done and ready to use.
-kurt
bias warning: I am one of the many fink package writer s