"Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony says his company is opening up its CNR software download and management service to other Linux distributions because "Linux really needs an easier way to find and install software, regardless of which flavor of Linux you're using." According to Carmony, Linspire has been working on this project more more than a year. To find out more about how this bold new program is going to work - and how it benefits everyone involved - Desktoplinux.com conducted the following short Q&A with Carmony via email."
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"""No other company stepped up to make it easy for --anyone-- with almost any distro to easily find and download apps."""
Wait a minute. I distinctly remember seeing an "install new software" (or equivalent) entry in the start menu of pretty much every distro I have looked at lately.
Are you seriously suggesting that users of Fedora, OpenSuse, Debian, and Ubuntu are not able to install software?
Well, if I were posting 5 minutes ago I would have thought the idea preposterous.
Posting now, I'd have to say you may be right. I just got an email from one of my clients. He controls a multi-million dollar company. He said that his mouse is not working on his graphical screen. But it's OK on his "desktop". He wanted to know what to do.
I reset gpm and now everything is fine. (Their POS and accounting apps are curses based and they prefer text consoles for that.)
God save us from incredibly stupid people in positions of power.
Yeah, I know. I usually defend people who don't happen to have CS degrees.
But when I've done everything that I can to educate them at least on the basics... for 15 years... and they still don't understand the difference between text and graphical... and CC the message to my boss to ensure that I react quickly... and make 5 times more than I do?
Well... sincere apologies for venting so.
Anyone have a copy of "Atlas Shrugged" they'd be willing to loan me?
Ayn Rand is lookin' pretty good, right now. ;-)
Really. Sorry for the venting.
I'll be OK in a while.
-Steve Bergman
Edited 2007-01-25 15:54
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So who would you trust? Bombastic baffoon Balmer and Bill the racketeer Gates? Not me. Someone HAD to do this. No other company stepped up to make it easy for --anyone-- with almost any distro to easily find and download apps. I'm not talking geeks here. I'm talking about mom and pop and non techie brother and sister. Life is MUCH easier for them with something like CNR.