This light hearted review is a look at how a girl who uses Windows (and is non-technical) deals with using Fedora Linux instead. In fact, she likes it so much, she uses it all the time now. If she can use Fedora Linux, anyone can.
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Member since:Did anyone notice that Adobe releases Acrobat Reader in binary form, even in rpm, without problems?
If ISVs really WANT to distribute a binary app for linux, they can. And it has been so for YEARS. (Adobe Acrobat Reader has been available in its ugly motif form for aeons... and don't forget Netscape in the pre-mozilla years).
Sure, the package will be a big behemoth (40Megs or so for Adobe Reader?!?), but well, windows binary apps are always like that, you'd think people are accustomed to this practice.
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2005-07-28
1. Again, distro compatability/API stability. If releasing iTunes for Linux was as easy as for Windows/OS X, I'm sure Apple would do it. The problems arise because everyone has a different system and the binary software doesn't work.
I have to agree, Linux binaries are such apaint.
It would help if there where binary compatibles, that would make it easier instead of having a package system for every distribution.