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I hate having to ask this, but how do you install programs?
slave:
Yeah but most of the "free" apps for Windows either have adware/spyware loaded in them or they nag you to spend $20 to get the "registered" version. Sorry but I just had to point that out. For instance, the first two programs I saw on the tucows link doublefresh posted were shareware apps(which I loathe) and cost $31 and $21, respectively.
Furthermore none of that stuff actually *comes* with Windows; you have to download it, which can be a chore. Oh, and there is no source code (but who needs that anyway, eh?)
emh:
quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:
And to think. In Windows all you have to do is double click the executable, click next a couple of times and click finish then your program(and even some drivers) will be installed.
Even the simplest things in Windows is a chore in Linux.
(EDIT)I bet you don't see many people asking how to install programs for Windows. LoL
[ November 17, 2002: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
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What if they download a zip file?
You can't exactly double click that and install it, now can you?
Before Winzip came about, people had to rely on pkzip or pkunzip to deal with zip files, which required the command line (aka the DOS prompt).
So don't bash Linux just because the command line occasionally has to be used.
Fett101:
quote:Originally posted by emh:
What if they download a zip file?
You can't exactly double click that and install it, now can you?
Before Winzip came about, people had to rely on pkzip or pkunzip to deal with zip files, which required the command line (aka the DOS prompt).
So don't bash Linux just because the command line occasionally has to be used.
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OMG!! You have to doubleclick the zip, then click and drag the files to a folder, and then double click the setup. OH THE HUMANITY!!!
And Windows doesn't require the command line currently for zips, correct. Linux does. Linux will never go mainstream with average consumers until they eliminate the need for the command line. Noobs would take one glance at the command line and crap thier pants.
voidmain:
And actually you don't have to use the command line in most linux distros as there are graphical archiving tools just like Winzip in most. You click on a zip file and up pops a utility just like Winzip.
Stryker:
These sort of things bother me. I can install things usually with no problem. But the installers should come in some executable format like most setup programs in other operating systems do. Having to compile a program every time you get one is frustrating. Why do they do this? It's great if you want to have the source code, but what about the simple folk that just want to double click something and have it install? the makers of gcc should consider a deployment tool or something like that to make this easier for developers. But then again there might be some reason that it is necessary to recompile everything, maybe i'm missing something.
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I do understand that this is not linux's fault but the devopers just don't make them, don't get me wrong.
[ November 18, 2002: Message edited by: Stryker ]
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