"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
LOL! I could do that with CNR or 10 computers in 10 minutes. And I could have my 60 year old mother do it for me if I need to take a nap.
On top of that you didn't include the time it takes to download the apps, and also the changes you may need to make in the script when and if version numbers change etc.
And damn, what if your machine crashes. Now you may have to redownload everything and maybe even have to redo the script. my momma can't do that. LOL!
Sorry but CNR kills that on its worse day!
Member since:2006-07-28
and you don't have to download them with CNR? Does it have some sort of magical teleportation device that zips them immediately to your hard drive? And don't tell me they come with the install, any distro can do that.
Also, Arch's pacman seems to do pretty much everything being griped about, minus visuals/writeups (install histories, dep resolves (forward and back; install/uninstall). Can download the "package" from anywhere, etc
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.