Could be an alternative.. but there nooo waaay I could convince my pals to
run openbeos, if they'll have to mess 'round with source code and compile
stuff.. They gave ol BeOS PE a try, mainly cause it was pretty far from
messy ol Linux (which nowadays is pretty simple, but still bloated)...
Speakin for myself, I get much more frustrated if I get a "Compile error on
line 3" then longer download times. But hey.. prolly be a bunch of OpenBeOS
dists in the future anyways.. one could be source based.
- Linus
At 18:32 2004-05-24, you wrote:
humpf...
the same troubles with binary systems like back into the time of dinosaurs... large, bloated patches for a heap of troubles.
better keep the sources open and just patch em... example GenToo (no no... i use LFS, i'm a pro ;=) ). only download the small source patch and then build the crap again... build on your machine... no virus, no possible attacks. you only have to get the source-patch secured over the line which takes much less time.
i hope strongly OBOS can be driven as a source-os, not a binary-os... otherwise this would (kinda) sux ^_^
Roland
OK - so, boiling this whole thread down, the original intent is:
"Windows requires each user to download huge upgrades and won't allow them to
save them to disk/CD for later. OBOS should have smaller updates and should
allow people to save them for later. Here is an article on Windows updates as
an example of what NOT to do (link here)."
This is a good suggestion. It would be a better fit, though, on the GE list.
And, as a teaser, I will just note that we have a forum on the new website for
stuff like this. :-)
Michael
On 2004-05-23 at 18:58:42 [-0400], Mat Hounsell wrote:
> The point of the article was the size of updates, combined with the need to
> use a modem, lead to long download times and infections while waiting. My
> parents ISP limits connections to 3 hours and you are lucky to get that
> before a disconnect.
>
> It is a wise many that learns from the mistakes of others.
>
> I don't want to spend forever downloading updates over and over again.
>
> Besides If I wish to convert others to the true path, wouldn't it be better
> to say:
> "Oh there's no need to get updates, once you've got them you can burn them
> to an updated install CD, like the one that's just finished installing."
>
>
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