Comments on: What Linux is Lacking http://www.garrettbartley.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:19:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PhragMunkee http://www.garrettbartley.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/comment-page-1/#comment-40 PhragMunkee Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:11:51 +0000 http://www.phragmunkee.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/#comment-40 So, why can't three applications that essentially do the same thing really do the same thing? Consistency would be nice. So, why can’t three applications that essentially do the same thing really do the same thing? Consistency would be nice.

]]> By: Allan http://www.garrettbartley.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Allan Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:16:04 +0000 http://www.phragmunkee.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/#comment-39 "Oh, and maybe maintaining a relational database of what dependencies get installed with certain apps, so when I remove an app, its dependencies are also removed if nothing else requires them. It only makes sense. " Use aptitude when installing a program. It will automatically remove unused dependencies if you use aptitude to remove also (If you used synaptic or apt-get when installing then aptitude won't know though). “Oh, and maybe maintaining a relational database of what dependencies get installed with certain apps, so when I remove an app, its dependencies are also removed if nothing else requires them. It only makes sense. ”

Use aptitude when installing a program. It will automatically remove unused dependencies if you use aptitude to remove also (If you used synaptic or apt-get when installing then aptitude won’t know though).

]]> By: PhragMunkee http://www.garrettbartley.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/comment-page-1/#comment-37 PhragMunkee Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:21:26 +0000 http://www.phragmunkee.com/2006/12/27/what-linux-is-lacking/#comment-37 You know, it'd also be nice to specify where icons are put in the Applications menu when installed. But that's minimal compared to the rants above. Ubuntu does a pretty good job of it for me, but I still like having that little bit of control. Oh, and maybe maintaining a relational database of what dependencies get installed with certain apps, so when I remove an app, its dependencies are also removed if nothing else requires them. It only makes sense. You know, it’d also be nice to specify where icons are put in the Applications menu when installed. But that’s minimal compared to the rants above. Ubuntu does a pretty good job of it for me, but I still like having that little bit of control.

Oh, and maybe maintaining a relational database of what dependencies get installed with certain apps, so when I remove an app, its dependencies are also removed if nothing else requires them. It only makes sense.

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