[NTLUG:Discuss] Install Gripes

[Ralph]

On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 09:30 -0500, brian at pongonova.net wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 07:29:10AM -0500, Stephen Davidson wrote:
> > I could rant and rave about this all day, but this constructively sums
> > up the situation with installing software on Linux;
> 
> FTFA:
> 
>     The engineers and programmers (in all three camps, Windoze, Apple and
>     Linux) need to spend less time and energy on being excessively clever
>     and more on making a useful and usable product. 
> 
> Didn't bother to continue reading after this bit of inanity.  Nothing
> to see here...
> 

Howdy,
  Well said.  Since I have been using Ubuntu as my main distro, I don't
remember ever having a problem adding or removing programs.  I think
debian systems, in general, handle this quite well.  Now, I have
certainly had a few installation problems on some hardware, but nothing
I did not get past.  Now, you could take the original article to be
complaining that debian, redhat, slackware and others all take different
approaches.  I think that is the strength of Linux, not its failure
point.  They are all getting better and improving as different teams try
out different approaches.
  Finally, to be a bit pedantic.  How exactly does that statement
constructively sum it up?  I don't see a solution offered.  I just see
one persons opinion.
Good day,
Ralph