Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux.advocacy: 13-Mar-97 Re:
Quote:> I'd have to say that Red Hat's RPMs come pretty close to this. For
Red Hat and Debian both have very good "package" programs that are
extremely capable at adding and installing PROGRAMS. Unfortunately,
this sort of solution is more like Win95's "Add/Remove Programs" feature
(except that unlike the version in Win95, RPM works). This is very good
for upgrading programs. It brings more non-wizards into the Linux
world, and as far as I'm concerned, about the only thing Linux needs now
is USERS USERS USERS. Unfortunately, installing the actual OS is not
simpler. While computers come pre-installed with Win95 and devices
include Win95 drivers that install by the "insert disk and click OK"
method, Linux installs, kernel compiles, and device installation is much
more complex and still requires that users know things about their
computer. Only when Linux comes pre-installed and available in stores
at about the level of the Macintosh, and more visible than OS/2 (in the
home market) will software developers begin to support it in a major way
(right now, the only "big-name" commercial developer that comes to mind
is Id Software the game company). Not that there aren't other
commercial applications- far from it- but there's no Office 95 for Linux
(obviously) or even a Corel Office for Linux (though I bet they could
sell some), nor is there a Photoshop... granted similar software is
available, but it's not the "big name" brand...
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