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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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