OT: Free Software WAS: Re: Odp: Re: Hugin on debian "sarge"
Zbigniew Wiech wrote:
Hi,
It's not a problem of desktop and GUI. I could really live with
blackscreen and "./configure/make/make install" instead of "setup.exe". If
only "./configure..." was more-less equally reliable as "setup.exe".
Well there is only one or two supported Versions of M$, but more than
hundreds of Linuxes.
I know it is.... Technically. If you have all proper dependencies,
"includes", "dev" packages - it works.
But trying to guess what components I should install to satisfy all
dependencies is a russian roulette.
Commercial software is equipped with clear and intuitive helps and
manuals. Free one is not, what is somewhat obvious. For sure it's a blue
ocean for anybody who provides linux based IT services. Cost of software
vs cost of expertise ;)
This is simply not true. It might be true that some commercial software
comes with excellent manuals and help, but for example Window$ XP
doesn't. Over years people have learned to do things the M$-way and
learned to accept it as the 'given way' no matter if it's logically
sound, well documented or not.
I'm sure that once you've become a bit more familiar with the 'debian
way' you will agree that it is
- better documented (look at /usr/share/doc/package-name and man command)
- more intuitive
- works better 'out of the box' (once a package has made it into debian)
I found it a lot easier to switch from Win98 to Debian than from Win98
to WinXP.
Johannes
NB: one can get debian packages for etch on adding
http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages
to /etc/apt/sources.list
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