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Linus Torvalds Says Linux Binary Packages Are Terrible

• schrodingersCat 12y ago
  Just from a users perspective, this approach sucks. Ever tried to install a package on an older Ubuntu box only to find that the binary for this version has not been updated in over a year? Then you find out why: installing the (old versions) of shared libraries inevitably breaks installation of normal packages, and is usually followed by headaches and backtracking. I'm sweating just thinking about this!
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• ibisum 12y ago
  GoboLinux for the win! http://gobolinux.org/ http://gobolinux.org/ Oh .. wait. Its dead. What a shame. Well, maybe its time to revive it - or at least, its concept of packages - so that we can solve this problem.