Matt, On Friday 27 August 2004 18:35, Matthew wrote:
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I'm still not sufficiently motivated to do so. I have no problems with the YaST Install and Remove module, so I think I'll wait to hear more from other souls more intrepid than I.
What am I? A sales person? I am not trying to motivate you to do *anything*. Why are you asking about Red Carpet if you're not motivated to find out?
What are you? You'd have to tell me. Anders, who evidently will not explain his position (to me, at least) repeatedly advocates Red Carpet, but says little more than "it's better." "Just because," apparently. And I'm asking what I asked: What are the pros, cons and issues surrounding the use of Red Carpet in place of or in addition to the YaST Install and Remove module. I'm asking for the obvious reason: I want to learn other peoples' experience and knowledge in this matter. This list is for people to share information, after all. I'm _not_ motivated to risk the integrity of my system on a few terse blandishments. What's wrong with that? Surely you don't find my reluctance to jump head-first into using a non-trivial piece of software that performs a critical system function without soliciting others' experiences to be unreasonable or out-of-line, do you?
I have a rule: No early-adopter experimentation with the latest and greatest versions of key software unless I have an explicit need for something it supplies.
Early adopter? Red Carpet has been around for years. Do what you want, thats the Linux way :).
So where are all the Red Carpet users? All I'm looking for is some feedback on people's experience with it. So far, almost no one has anything to say. And what has been said amounts to "don't worry" (with a bit of "it has a nice interface" thrown in). So while Red Carpet may be older than dirt, so far it doesn't look to me like it gets much use. If that perception is accurate, then it's not necessarily valid to conclude that it's reliable. For all I know, it's the best piece of software ever written, but I'm looking for some real information on which to base an opinion and make a decision about trying it out. Perhaps the fact that I don't have a "hobby" machine (as Anders put it) to experiment with makes me an unusual participant here, but that's my situation. I have one home desktop that I rely on for everyday computing, including my work. I have to be conservative about how I manage and maintain it. Randall Schulz