RPMs and *.desktop files

[Scott Wheeler]

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On Wednesday 03 March 2004 20:11, Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
> I have pretty good experiences with using packages not made for my 
> distro actually. [...]

> Many programs today also come in with single installer that works for 
> all Linux distros (Mozilla, OpenOffice.org for example).

All of the applications that you mentioned are almost self contained -- they 
largely don't contain external dependencies or assumptions about system 
layout.  Such is not the case for application which use more of the 
"platform" such as GNOME or KDE applications or things built around them.

- -Scott

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