[packagekit] RFC - easy install/remove

[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 10:12 -0800, Peter Nash wrote:
> Managing software in Linux ain't as easy as in Win...

I'd argue pretty hard on this point.  There is nothing even close in
Windows to the ease and ability on Linux to manage updates to all your
software from a central location.  With windows the best you get is
Microsoft Update for things provided by Microsoft, and even then it's
update, reboot, update, reboot, update, reboot until you get everything.
That does nothing for any software you've gotten outside of Microsoft,
as each of those typically have their own internal update tool (launch
the app to update the app, wha?) or worse yet, none at all, and you have
to hunt down update packs manually on the web and run them manually to
update.

It's just not even close to the simplicity on Linux of System ->
Administration -> Update System.  One shot, all your software updated.
Done deal.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!
identi.ca: http://identi.ca/jkeating
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