"Linspire announced plans to standardize software installation across Linux distributions by expanding its popular CNR digital download and software management service to support several of the most popular desktop Linux distributions in 2007. Previously available only for Linspire and Freespire desktop Linux users, the CNR Service will begin providing users of other desktop Linux distributions a free and easy way to access over 20000 desktop Linux products, packages and libraries."
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Member since:2005-11-10
To me the best part and the part that you don't have in Yum, Apt or any of the other tools is for them to keep a history of all the software you have ever installed.
I HATE installing Linux then having to do that dance and search to get all the things I had installed or have installed on my current machine to make it run as sweet.
In CNR I just go to my list, select all and say "install" And that is that.
Can't do that with any of the other installers out there. People brag about the PBI file crap for PC-BSD. Man to install the amount of applications in a new install that I can install in 15 minutes using CNR would take an hour and a half. Got to download them on at a time, got to find what you need one by one, then install them one at a time by hand! Talk about going back to the Windows dark ages.
Member since:2006-01-18
Member since:2006-05-19
People brag about the PBI file crap for PC-BSD. Man to install the amount of applications in a new install that I can install in 15 minutes using CNR would take an hour and a half.
PC-BSD 1.3 installation time on descent computer ten (10) minutes. Installing ten (10) applications with script three (3) minutes:
#!/bin/sh
# This is batch script for installing
# multiple PBIs in text mode, great for
# large office administrators.
#
/bin/sh OpenOffice.org2.1-PV1.1.pbi -text
/bin/sh Java-JRE1.5.0.07-PV01.pbi -text
/bin/sh K3b0.12.15-PV01.pbi -text
/bin/sh EssentialCodecs1.0-PV1.1.pbi -text
/bin/sh Amarok1.4.4-PV.pbi -text
/bin/sh Qemu-0.8.2-PV-KQ130P9a-V1.2.pbi-text
/bin/sh Win4BSD1.1-63918-PV01.pbi -text
/bin/sh Firefox2.0-PV1.4.pbi -text
/bin/sh PAMP5.0-PV01.pbi -text
/bin/sh SoftMakerOffice2006-PV1.0.pbi -text
# done.
YMMV.
Member since:
2005-11-10
This IS a good idea, if only that it allows new users to see a write-up and screen shots of programs they might want to use.
That is the real benefit of the windows model, you can stumble on some shareware / demo /whatever, usually with screenshots, and download it.
Going to synaptic to download wouldn't be that much harder, but JUST looking on synaptic isn't that intuitive. Heck, sometimes looking online at the project page isn't that informative.
My 2 bits.