On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 08:44:04AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:56 +0200, Asbjørn Sæbø wrote:
> > The main drawback is that distributions often are somewhat delayed, one
> > does not get the very freshest software. On the other hand, the most
> > recent version of something often requires recent versions of other
> > software, and there you go again, hunting packages from all over,
> > having to compile yourself, spending time and getting problems.
>
> have you ever installed firefox?
On Linux, only the versions coming with debian/demudi. But that does
not count in this respect.
> it doesn't work that way. the binary is
> statically linked. its not quite as easy as (yum|apt-get) install
> firefox, but its nothing like the process you are referring to.
Good!
But then again, the static linking probably has a cost in increased size
of the binary?
Asbjørn
Received on Fri Apr 21 20:15:03 2006
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