[Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer.

[Jim Perrin]

What you're asking for is realistically and fundamentally impossible.
You're better off learning the tools available, and how best to make them 
perform for you. As for making serious income, that's not a reward for a 
job well done. When people sign up in droves to use something you created 
and thank you for it, that's when you know you're doing it right.

by the way... Thanks Seth :-)


Jim Perrin
Communication Network Services
Ohio University

--On Sunday, July 25, 2004 6:11 PM -0700 bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> 
wrote:

> you've partially missed what i'm getting towards....
>
> i wouldn't dream of thinking that i or anyone else could say what your
> linux box should be. what i can envision is a system that would allow you
> to point to a given app, and say i want appx (or appy), and it would more
> or less walk through the steps to "correctly" install/build that app on
> your box. even if the process called for it to figure out/modify
> dependencies etc... and it would efficiently do it for multiple
> apps/versions/os's...
>
> lindows/linspire/cnr is nowhere close to what i'm describing, although
> it's a lot closer than anything else out there...
>
> you see, while some figure that yum/apt-get/etc... are quite sufficient,
> there are plenty of people who get da*m tired of dealing of having to
> figure out the dependency issues.
>
> i for one would welcome a system that does everything that i've
> described!!!!!
>
> particularly if it didn't cost me anything for basic functions...
>
> but this is just my $0.02 worth!! your opinion may vary...
>
> and yeah, i'm pretty sure that this kind of approach would generate
> serious income...
>
> peace!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konstantin Ryabitsev [mailto:icon at linux.duke.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:49 PM
> To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; Yellowdog Updater, Modified
> Subject: RE: [Yum] hmmm my yum ate my computer.
>
>
> On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 17:43 -0700, bruce wrote:
>> what linux really needs is a good basic system that i as a basic user,
>> can put on my box, tell it i want app x (or y), and it will more or less
> figure
>> out what it needs to do, and go ahead and do it, with out screwing up my
> box
>> in the mean time!!!!!
>
> That would be Lindows. However, lots of Linux users *like* being able to
> play with power preferences like choosing your repositories. You can't
> really say "this is what linux needs" and expect everyone to agree with
> you. ;)
>
> Regards,
> --
> Konstantin ("Icon") Riabitsev
> Duke University Physics Sysadmin
>
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