Re: [tdf-discuss] Request: Installation Instructions

On 22/11/10 15:07, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> I do.
>
> Because dpkg -i *.deb is esssentialy setup.exe. Don't tell me anyone using
> Windows must not know setup.exe to install software?

'dpkg -i *.deb' is most assuredly NOT the equivalent of setup.exe.
However .deb files are equivalent, this is precisely the point the
original poster is making. Windows users are presented with a single
setup.exe while debian/ubuntu users are presented with a multitude of
individual .deb files. This is not user friendly!

On 22/11/10 15:07, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> There is no goddamn need for it. (That Ubuntu people in 90% of cases have
> no clue how they do basic system tasks doesn't make it more needed)

This is a rather hostile attitude to show towards end users and an
attitude, might I add, which has served to hinder wider uptake of linux
based operating systems in the past. If your position were to be taken
to its logical conclusion we should scrap LibreOffice, which afterall is
pandering to the masses with its use of GUI and WYSIWYG, in favour of TeX.

Kind Regards,

Lee Hyde.


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