I know! It's a wonder that no one thought of building an operating system with a central repository for apps and their updates, that perhaps shipped with a corresponding tool that was apt wrt getting those updates, and also finding new software!
> no one has yet built a nice, usable and newbie friendly UI yet
The Lindows Click'N'Run store (from 2004 or so ?) didn't look too bad, what with "product aisles" and so on. It mixed the free and commercial apps, too, using the Debian 'apt' tools underneath.
It may now be run by Xandros, who bought the company; I haven't looked. (I bought a couple of Xandros releases back in 2003 or so, but didn't like the tight leash they seemed to intend for the customers ;-)
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The app store model is largely a success. it seems logical they would use that model elswhere.
I know! It's a wonder that no one thought of building an operating system with a central repository for apps and their updates, that perhaps shipped with a corresponding tool that was apt wrt getting those updates, and also finding new software!
Sarcasm is not necessarily wit.
This kind of pedantry about things like invention that hold weight on this site is silly, worse it's bureaucratic.
I dont think anyone is claiming Apple invented the model.
Though perhaps they can get it right for once.
Hopefully. Every time I use apt-get, I wish it charged my credit card money and gave Apple 30%! Maybe they will add that feature for me!
I love Linux package managers (most of the time).
However:
- if you need the very latest versions it can be a pig
- no one has yet built a nice, usable and newbie friendly UI yet
If Apple can fix the second of those, all power to them :)
> no one has yet built a nice, usable and newbie friendly UI yet
The Lindows Click'N'Run store (from 2004 or so ?) didn't look too bad, what with "product aisles" and so on. It mixed the free and commercial apps, too, using the Debian 'apt' tools underneath.
It may now be run by Xandros, who bought the company; I haven't looked. (I bought a couple of Xandros releases back in 2003 or so, but didn't like the tight leash they seemed to intend for the customers ;-)
Looks like they still run it
http://www.cnr.com/
Actually that fixes the UI problem quite nicely. I have some engineering gripes too... :P
Thanks, took a look and it seems a bit dusty ... (e.g. latest client for Ubuntu is for 8.04)