Re: desktop enviornment
By: Nightfox to Access Denied on Tue Aug 13 2013 06:51 pm
Ni> Most of the package management systems seem more or less the same to me.
Ni> They all have the same goals and the same problems to solve: To be able to
Ni> easily figure out dependencies and install what's needed in order to
Ni> install a piece of software, and not have errors in doing so. And most of
Ni> them seem to operate in a similar manner to me.
True, but when you do something like "apt-get --sync" or "apt-get -Syu" or
something where you're mixing and matching apt-get with something you're a lot
more used to, it tends to be (facepalm worthy) frustrating when you get an
error on the command line. lol
Ni> Although I'm not a big Apple fan and don't have any Apple machines at
Ni> home, I think one nice thing about the OS X software management system is
Ni> that it's very simple. OS X software tends to include everything that's
Ni> required for it packaged together so that you don't have to worry about
Ni> extra dependencies. Also, due to this, most OS X software doesn't even
Ni> need an installer or un-installer - To install such software, you simply
Ni> copy it to the hard drive, and to un-install it, you simply delete it. It
Ni> can't really get any simpler than that.
Sure. Great stuff, but I have no need to pay more for it. That's my only
holdback. *shrug*
Regards,
Nick
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