Thread: "Install here" : why Linux doesn't do it?
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RobbieThe1st is offline RobbieThe1st
2010-10-12 , 11:08
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#56
Originally Posted by benlau View Post
Robbie,

great, I have two common consensus with you. "Deb packages are a great idea!" and "And its better than Windows installation , for sure"

well , my point of view is not only on N900 , but also talk about desktop Linux (As the thread is also talking about Windows desktop) . You may ignore AppImage if you want to talk N900 only.
I run Debian Squeeze (x64) as my Desktop OS. I've run Ubuntu-based systems for the last year, switching to Debian itself about a month ago.
And, as you can probably tell, I'm happy with it. I really like Debian-style installation, vs Windows-style.

When I want to install a bunch of software, instead of opening a webbrowser, going to ten or more websites, downloading software and installing each piece separately, I just open a terminal and type "sudo apt-get install X Y Z W A B C", hit Y when asked, and go do something else as it downloads. No fuss, no muss, it just works.

And even when I end up finding a piece of software that requires manual installation and compiling, it generally takes about as long(or less) than the equivalent Windows installation would take.

Yet, the whole best part is that, no matter how much software I install, it doesn't slow down my system. There's no registry to get crufty, and most software doesn't start automatically on bootup.
Now, while this is more a matter of the program writers, its still a factor when comparing Linux(any flavor) to Windows installation.