Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4343 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 08 November 2002 23:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
> My point was that if they don't understand what they are reading,
> don't care to read it or whatever the case maybe..they should stick with
> vendor supplied tools.

Great! That was exactly my point from the beginning. But over the past few 
months, whenever a newbie wanted to know how to install something, up popped 
Richard Bos telling him how wonderful apt is. I was just asking for that to 
stop. apt4rpm may be nice for people who know what they're doing, but people 
should know that it is for people who know what they're doing.

> That's a heavy, heavy burden to put on
> Linux/OSS developers.

Yes it is, but I firmly believe it can be solved. I'm just not sure how yet.

> Software is a PITA if you don't learn to use it...and it's a PITA to
> learn to use.

Yes it is, but it shouldn't have to be a PITA to install. Installation != 
configuration for the purposes of this argument.

regards
Anders