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Must ... Not ... Have ... Choice

Must ... Not ... Have ... Choice

Posted May 10, 2012 11:38 UTC (Thu) by ean5533 (subscriber, #69480)
In reply to: Must ... Not ... Have ... Choice by cortana
Parent article: Fragmentation on the Linux Desktop (Is it Normal?) (Datamation)

>>Slackware users are out in the cold unless they don't mind extracting the contents of the deb and installing the libraries that it requires themselves. :)

Yeah, but let's be honest: for a Slackware user, extracting a deb is like opening a Christmas present. They really don't mind.


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Must ... Not ... Have ... Choice

Posted May 14, 2012 2:19 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

or they just use alien to convert the package

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